Not sure if this is a real coin or a fake. I have heard of a penny over a dime or a dime over a penny but not a penny over a penny. Attached are the pictures. Any help?
I think its more than just a capped die struck coin. It has been flipped over and the 1976 obverse was struck on the reverse of an already struck coin. Note the word "America" to the left of Abe's bust on the 1976 side. Something is not adding up for me. Shouldn't there be a memorial or a reversed Abe on the convexed side. I think it may be a faked error coin.
By the way.. A Cent can be struck over a Dime Planchet but a Dime can't be struck over a Cent Planchet The first one is possible but not the other.
Pending better photos, I am going to give a preliminary diagnosis of a genuine coin overstruck with two false obverse dies, with something placed under one of them to give an indent.
An interesting answer. I have never heard of this. Probably the best way to find out would be to send it to be graded.
You would send a coin like that to a third party grader to have it attributed.. Not just graded. They don't attribute damaged or altered coins. That is not any kind of Mint Error that I know of. - Mr. Ed Specializing in collecting Mint Errors since 1986.
I have had several mint error experts look at this and state- "To conclude something is a Mint error, there has to be a plausible way for it to have been manufactured using equipment at the Mint; I don't see anything suggesting a mint error here". Altered/ counterfeit, not made at the mint is the consensus...
I am in the same altered camp. Most everything looks correct accept the surfaces. It doesn't matter whether or not it is a thin die cap or a multiple thick die cap the final strike does not definatively show either one correctly. Add in the grainy surfaces and flat strike. You get an altered fake. I would really enjoy seeing this one in hand. Neat find!
