have a 1992 penny looks like it has been minted with an over print in reverse partly of the back and also on back wondering how rare if this is likethis and how often will this happen to coins
It looks like someone took 2 pennies & smashed them with a hammer , just a guess though . it looks fromm the pictures that the images are incuse , as would happen if done that way . rzage
its not glue it is copper same as penny I'm an artist and to get the same releif it had to be machined and the writing is in reverse it looks like it was double stamped on both sides
soak it in acetone it doesn't dissovle or turn milky even tryied to scape it off it is the same metal
The letters read backward, which means they are incuse. Which in turn means that a cent was pressed into a substance that was on the surface. The entire business appears raised above the surrounding normal design, which is consistent with a glue job. Some resins and plastics are resistant to acetone, so it may be something like that. Everything about its appearance is consistent with a fake.
Hi I lightened the photos above and highlighted the "glue" in red. It could be glue, epoxy, varnish or any of a hundred other materials but the fact that they are raised and the images within are in the reverse makes this post mint damage. Richard
thank you ziggy 9 also if you take a regular penny and make the areas which has damage on both side you will see they are consistant as if pressed IMPRESSING BOTH FRONT AND BACK AT SAME TIME which would make it HARD TO INCUSE IT HAS TO BE A MISTAKE
Okay I will give in, this is an extremely RARE coin as far as i know, it is the only one in existence It is worth well above 1 million dollars.....is that what you wanted too hear? you came here asking a question about your coin, as far as errors go you got too talk too the elite of errors mike knows his stuff. but when he told you what you didnt want too hear, you totally dismissed him, why even ask if you are so sure about it, the people here have seen this a million times before, and it is NO different than anyone before you. you have a post mint damaged coin, nothing more nothing less. but on the brighter side of things, welcome too cointalk and i hope you stay long enough too learn some more. John
If you look close enough on the obverse you can see right through your "error" . Also since you won't believe an expert , why don't you try to recreate it , by putting some glue on a penny , then push another into it . You might learn that you have a 1 in million piece . rzage
Ptburg, point of clarification. Are you saying that the reversed letters are raised above the material surrounding them? Not the base coin but the material immediately next to them. Or are the letters incuse into that material, and THAT material is raised above the surface of the cent?
