Hello I have recently acquired some unusual coins, one pic added. One that has been a restrike and I would appreciate anyone that may share their knowledge. Best regards
@Petercoin It looks to me like someone may have "sandwiched" the dime between two pennies and put it in a vise. Chris
It is backwards. Hold the dime, reading it's motto (IGWT) from left to right, and the imprint of the penny is backwards. Chris
The 'cent' strike is from fake dies. Not a double strike/double denomination. It's an altered coin - it did not leave the US Mint like that.
Yes! It is! Using your thumb and forefinger, hold the dime by the edge so that the motto (of the dime) is at the bottom to your left and the date (of the dime) is at the bottom to your right. Now, look at the "IN GOD" imprinted from the penny. It's backwards. Chris
or did they open up the layers on the dime and insert the cents on both sides then closed the vise in blocks of wood to get the cents impressions ???
Chris, I do the same thing too sometimes - I'll reply to a post without -really- spending the time to see everything that's on a photo.
it's very easy to make a fake die, especially a bad one. One very visual identifier is that the coin is expanded in the section it was viced with the fake die. So it couldn't have happened in a collar .. they weren't smart enough to make one.
The only way something like this could happen would be if a previously struck dime had gotten betwee the gap in the dies in a penny press. This thing is still a fake error.
