Any ideas on how this was done?

I did post this in the error coins section. I am curious on HOW this is post mint error?

 

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Stack 3 pennies up and stick 'em in a hydraulic press and that's what you get. Notice that the reverse images are incuse and backwards. On a legitimate error, I don't think it would be backwards....nor incuse. That imprint was made by a positive relief and a die is a negative relief.

Nightowl

 

Take another Lincoln cent put it on top of that coin and hit it with a hammer, or it could be squeezed in a vice grip.

 

Do me a favor, do what you said and place a picture...

 

Here's a quick one I just did 1 hit with the hammer, got pretty good transfer.

 

Wow interesting.. All from stacking and hammering. Hmm

 

I did it with nickels. you can see it about 2/3rds of the way down this page

http://www.cointalk.com/t46932-5/

There are other nickels posted before it. go to post #72

Richard

 

Yep, but it wouldn't pass for a heavy die clash, because the the reverse details are incuse, which is a dead giveaway of a hammer job. On an authentic die clash the reverse details would be raised, and usually the details wouldn't transfer over to Lincoln's profile, the details would be seen in the fields, but not on Lincoln's profile.

Nickle is pretty hard, you must have gave it one hell of a wack .

 

What about the lincoln portrait double?

 

Sorry about that... here is the pic of the double lincoln head...

 

Maul

I was about to go split some wood for the fireplace.

Maybe I should give this a wack.

I was wondering how the mint COULD emit such a thing.:bigeyes:

 

compare yours with mine...

 

DoK U Mint... What do you mean?

 

It's from the pressure, it stretched out the design on the obverse. Your coin was hit at least twice, and the coin was slightly moved between each hit.

The fact that the memorial building is indented in the obverse is the biggest sign of a hammer job, but there are also others. The loss of detail on the reverse of the coin is another common sign. Also the Memorial building isn't in the right spot if it was a clash, unless it was also a rotated reverse error. Another giveaway is the obverse rim, part of it has been flattened out because of the other coin, and the second hit wasn't as centered so it left an impression of the rim on your coin.

 

Not to vary long ago some of those started to appear in change as kids made all types of them. As they were posted on the internet, the amount of people doing that with a vise, hammer, press, etc has grown extensively. Eventually there will be some valuable coins also made to look like that by pure accident. Many people that make those have no idea of numismatic values and try imagining a 1914D smashed with another coin. As an example of such possibilities are the ones already shown here. Sorry to sound like a prude with such negative statements but I really like coins and always wondered where so many go.

 

Okay, could you do this? Another giveaway is the obverse rim, part of it has been flattened out because of the other coin, and the second hit wasn't as centered so it left an impression of the rim on your coin PLEASE. explain this...

 

Just show me how this was done...

Not to vary long ago some of those started to appear in change as kids made all types of them. As they were posted on the internet, the amount of people doing that with a vise, hammer, press, etc has grown extensively. Eventually there will be some valuable coins also made to look like that by pure accident. Many people that make those have no idea of numismatic values and try imagining a 1914D smashed with another coin. As an example of such possibilities are the ones already shown he

 

I'm back.

I was wondering how the MINT could punch out such a product.

Now I'm off to the shed and I'm going to break the law by whacking my two cents worth because I find this an informative thread.

Before & after photos to follow.

 

The Red shows where the rim was flattened out, that was from the coin on top of it, and the pressure from either a hammer or vice. Both Black and Blue show a circular line indentation, that is from the rim of another coin.

Sorry, but there is no way this was done by the mint.

 

Listen, all I am saying is that this coin CANNO'T be done the way you said it could be done...please post a full obverse photo of what you did with a hammer and compare it to the one I submitted...