Can somebody please help me out, I'm new here. I'm not sure if I should be sending this cent in or what. I'm also new to coin collecting, as the passing of my grandmother a onth ago was pretty hard on me. I'd like to have a place to go where I can gain some knowledge on the subject and run into good folks. Figured this was a start. Thanks
Goodness!!!! That is the holy grail of mint errors. Looks like a triple strike! Maybe around $50-$400 depending on condition. Send that baby in to NGC!
It's a vise job. Someone sqoze it against anoer ceent. If it was double-struck, both images would be raised, and one wouldn't be backwards.
Welcome to CT. It looks like a vise job. Someone stacked some coins (or other objects) on the coin and squeezed them in a vise (or maybe smacked them with a hammer). It's just damage, not a mint error. It's worth face value. Stick around and ask questions - you'll get some great answers here (and some jokes as well ).
The letters are backwards so it was created in a vise and it's nothing but PMD. It's damaged, damaged and damaged. If anything it's the holy grail of damage!
There's nothing to send in. You can see the letters are reversed, meaning what everyone said, someone pressed another coin on to this with a vise. Perhaps the poster in #2 was being facetious or sarcastic, but it doesn't help a newbie who doesn't understand the difference. Most coins that look damaged, are damaged. True mint errors are rare, and most legit ones are only worth a little bit of money.
Meh. Both spellings are correct: https://grammarist.com/spelling/vice-vise/. Vise is commonly used in the U.S. but outside of the country vice is used. Being this forum is open to global participants, both forms should be embraced as correct.
Welcome to CT and sorry for your loss. As stated, it is PMD, post mint damage caused by someone squeezing another cent into it. Stick around and learn from some very knowledgable members.
