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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rascal, post: 1312644, member: 29239&quot;]CashDude you are really close to getting it right. you do have some of it right on. you forgot to say that only one date would be visible on the reverse side or maybe neither date. new collectors forgets that a second strike wipes out the details that are in the fields of coins. if a second date was up inside of the deep recesses of the die like say on Lincolns coat or his head then that would be believable. also look at the smashed date on the obverse plus numerous other damage. the best way to detect these altered coins is to put them between two normal coins and the altered ones will be a little larger in diameter. the metal is pushed outwards when a coin is damaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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