1992 penny... how many errors on this one...

I found this in a roll today. I know there are multiple errors on this but I don't know how many. Should I send this to someone to list or verify? Who?...

 

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Very interesting.

It almost looks like post mint messing around from the pics, but I don't have it in hand.

What does the reverse look like? If it is strange, can you post pics of it too?

 

From you 1st photo it looks a home made press job.but I maybe wrong

 

Here's three more photos of different angles and the reverse

 

Is that ONE CENT lettering on the obverse raised or indented into the coin?

 

Looks indented , incuse, to me. Oh, oh.:computer:

 

That's what I thought at first also, but that middle close-up photo looks raised to me.

 

Please explain to me HOW this could be post mint. What you seem to suggest is that you put a reverse and an obverse (coin) in a vice then apply pressure to the coin? Is this something you have seen done? Again, HOW would YOU do this? Not being confrontational, just want to know...

 

ZERO errors, the coin is trash and was damaged after it left the mint.

We call them hammer jobs, or vise jobs. The coin was squeezed or hammered between another coin or coins.

I have seen these hundreds of times before.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Foundinrolls
check out the other thread on this coin. dollar has refused to accept that this could be post mint. He will be sending it in for grading and when it fails to grade he will be paying Raider34 the cost of grading a coin of his choice

http://www.cointalk.com/t79046/

Richard

 

Why??? It would be intersting to know why you do not

Why??? It would be intersting to know why you do not believe people like Bill who have seen this hundreds of times? I to have seen these hundreds of times. We look at has much as 100,000 thousand Lincoln cents each year. These can be made by striking against each other, in a vice, through leather - a multitude of ways, you can do this at home yourself.
You do not have to believe us now but you will at some point and then you will know, you will know what "you did not know now" is the only outcome of this. That is as good as it is ever going to get and it probably won't get that good again.
Save some time or have it your way, it's up to you.

 

There is a simple way for this person to see how easily this can be done. Go grab a few pennies, put them in a vice, and place as much pressure upon them as you can. Just as some other posters here, I too have seen many of these and have had numerous people attempt to sell these to me. Please do yourself a favor and either keep it as a valuable lesson learned, or throw it away so that no one else is duped by these "scam-coins". PLEASE!

 

Coins like this have been listed as errors on eBay and unfortunately a few have sold as such.

 

In my eyes, eBay is one of the worst things to ever happen to error coin collecting. I constantly see obvious examples of strike doubling, ejection doubling and die deterioration doubling sell for ridiculous prices, when some of the true (but minor) doubled dies sell for almost nothing. I have had people bring me their "great eBay find" and it is tough to have to look them in the eyes and tell the truth about what they really bought. There is one seller in particular (at least recently) that has numerous coins listed using terms such as "WOW!! MASSIVE DOUBLED DIE!! HUGE ERROR!!. Just a quick look at the photo shows that each of the coins are nothing but the types I mentioned above (at least the ones I have seen). This is one area where a sellers "feedback rating" is a joke. I will never understand how someone who is both buying a coin online and are not experienced enough to know better, will not take the few minutes to research it first. It is all just very sad and is pulling good people away from the hobby.

 

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There will be peace in the Valley, some day.

(Getting ready for Thanksgiving and the Last Slab Confrontation)

 

I also found a 1992 penny like this one?

 

Randi you'd be better off starting a new thread and taking some better photos of both sides of the coin close up as not many people who could help will look at a thread started 5 years ago and find your post at the end. From your picture it almost looks like glue on your coin but better pictures and a new thread and I'm sure some experienced error collectors would be able to make a better determination for you.

 

Ya I those thought the same about the glue. I was going to see if it would scrap off but didn't want to mess it up if it was truly an error. I'll make a new thread tho. Thanks

 

nice eye appeal ....nice score ...

 

dollar the coin you have here is definately a man made altered coin , I have done many of these over the years just to see what they look like. I always destroyed the ones I tinkered with . it is just a hammer or vise job like some good folks are saying it is.this one is not worth discussing on the forum, hopefully some people can learn from it .