1990 penny value?

I have a 1990 penny that has been stamped twice. The Lincoln Memorial side is fine, but the face side also has the Lincoln Memorial stamped on it. All of the writing around the memorial side is written backwards. Anyone else seen this before and is it worth anything?

 

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We need to see photos to determine what you have.

Most likely you have what is known as a "squeeze job" where two coins are squeezed together. One coin imparts a reversed image into the other coin making the words appear "written backwards".

It is also possible that what you have is a brockage where a struck coin remained in the coin press and was pressed into another struck coin but this is a remote possibility.

 

Pictures Please.

 

penny picture

Face Side

 

nice.
Strong clashed die.
If the reverse is normal, then the reverse die may have been changed after the clash, and used with the old obverse die.

note: Just to head off a discussion:
It cannot be a flip over double strike for two reasons:
1) he stated that the reverse is normal;
2) the reverse image on the obverse is reversed.

 

Very nice!!:kewl:

 

Whoa, that's a neat one!!!

 

It's a glue job. The reverse of a cent was pressed into a layer of transparent glue while it was still tacky.

 

Would not a glue job be in the positive? the over print is in the negative???

 

Mike:
Thanks, I didn't notice the glue until you said it!

I have a long way to go!
Thanks again.

 

Yes, if it was a true die-clash, the edge would not look so disfigured. The edge looks like someone glued it then applied pressure smashing down the edge in the process. Also, I think the image of the reverse would have to be under the obv. for it to be a real clash doesn't it?

 

Couple of things.
First, thanks for the info about my penny. I didn't see the glue until some of you pointed it out to me. I'm not a collector and just wanted to know what I had.

Second, some of the posts about my penny seemed to have a feeling of "trying to pawn of a fake" attitude. As I said above, I am not a collector. This is the first time I have posted anything on this site. If you have a post to make that is helpful, then I welcome it, but if you do please post comments to me and not each other. And, don't assume I'm passing something off...I just found the penny and wanted to ask.

 

Woah! I reread all the responses to your question and I failed to find even one that implied in any way that you were trying to pass off a fake. Could you please point to the offending post(s)?

 

Does this mean that all the raised images and letters are glue rather than a die clash which I think would leave what you see on this coin. I see something that looks like glue.

 

rockdude,

Think about how a die is made. The highest portions on a coin (e.g., Lincoln on the obverse of a Cent) correspond to the lowest portions on the die and vice versa. When dies clash the highest portions of the dies (i.e., the fields) clash and a transfer of design from one die to the other may take place. But the deepest recesses of the dies are protected and do not clash. That's why the Memorial "clash" over Lincoln's bust is impossible.

 

mmcm
Where did the picture go?

 

Thanks Hobo, I knew that but my brain couldn't comprehend how those letters got raised.

 

""First, thanks for the info about my penny. I didn't see the glue until some of you pointed it out to me. I'm not a collector and just wanted to know what I had.""

""Second, some of the posts about my penny seemed to have a feeling of "trying to pawn of a fake" attitude. As I said above, I am not a collector. This is the first time I have posted anything on this site. If you have a post to make that is helpful, then I welcome it, but if you do please post comments to me and not each other. And, don't assume I'm passing something off...I just found the penny and wanted to ask.""


Yea, I don't think anybody implied that you did that your self. I find coins all the time like this where someone was having fun and screwed around with a couple of pennies. Take it easy. I just think it was done like most of us implied,(glue). We on here will just give our advice, not call you a crook.

 

And thank you Hobo for explaining how it can happen. You smart feller.