I have seen YouTube videos by Blueridge about fake error coins done in a vise. I found this 1996-D in a coin roll. Is it possible to have a coin that appears to be post mint damage that actually happened in the Mint? Can a flipped coin stay in the press and cause the same apparent effect? On the obverse IN GOD WE TRUST has been pressed out. That impression continues around and over the 6 in the date. Also it approaches LIBERTY. On the reverse the NE of ONE can be seen in reverse over the CE. Then the CE of CENT is over the NE. Next the NT of CENT is over the O. Also the UN is just below the A. And last a bit of the memorial and FG are below the U in UNITED. This thing is interesting and has me baffled. Why would someone create a vise job fake error and the put it back in circulation? Tell me what you think. Randy Kimbrough
It's damaged, that's for sure ....not an error coin. Vice job? Doesn't look like it, but something damaged your cent.,
What in the world could have caused this? Also the photos of the reverse show some stress cracks that look very odd.
In all honesty, I have no idea how it was damaged. The important point however, is that it could not have occurred at the mint. You’ve received responses from some members who are extremely knowledgeable of the minting and die making processes. These are well understood and documented, so with some study, it’s possible to differentiate with a high degree of certainty whether a coin is an error and whether it’s damage. Since there are countless ways for a coin to be damaged, you may never know what happened. Just don’t get hung up on trying to explain how a coin was damaged. Spend the time learning the minting process.
