1983d Double Pressed.... any ideas

Post Mint Damage - Any damage that occurs to a coin after it leaves the mint (in some cases the damage may occur at the mint, but after the coin was struck.

 

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Thomas I believe you should look up the difference between errors and varieties. There is a big difference between the two.

 

Hi Thomas - something to keep in mind is that not all members know or understand text shorthand. It’s better to type out responses for this reason.

That said, you will see a bunch of abbreviations and acronyms used here. In some ways, our hypocrisy knows no bounds.

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The answer is no. Someone outside the Mint attached 2 pennies (not Penny's) to your coin and pressed it hard to create incused and backwards letters and images on your Cent. They definitely just attached them in a different orientation. Whatever you see did not occur at any time during the minting process.

 

one other thing about the minting process…. Remember modern coins are minted on high speed machines. While not impossible to have a one off mint error it is close to it.

 

If it happened at the Mint it happened in the coining chamber. Coin flipped cockeyed back into the chamber after the planchet was struck and that is the reverse die on the obverse. Where is the obverse die on the reverse? That is what tells us this did not happen at the Mint.