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Ghost mintmark on 71 Proof IKE

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    Ghost mintmark on 71 Proof IKE

    Look at these odd pics I took today on this pegleg 1971-S Proof Eisenhower$1...I call it "The Ghost"...frosted, "kissed" S shows on bare metal, followed by 2 other S's..some sort of shift when planchet is seated?
    Funny, the pegleg has NO Cameo..zippo..I first thought is was a messed up BS. Silver....the coin is so mirrored, it reflects light off my lamp over 20 feet onto the ceiling! The reverse has very light cameo.....curious if this effect shows on other coins of the era, and, technically, what is this displacement called?
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      This is probably what Alan Herbert refers to as "flat field doubling". The latter is simply a side effect of proof coins being struck more than once. If there is any shift at all of the die or the planchet between the first and final strike, the result will be a flat image right next to the raised one.
      Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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