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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 265969, member: 8247&quot;]I&#039;ve found chrome plated 1985 kennedies counterpunched just like OP&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cent has potential, but that is a tough one to explain.&nbsp; But let me try.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse and reverse die broke due to an obstruction.</p><p><br /></p><p>A piece of the oberse die became recessed.</p><p><br /></p><p>A cent was stamped and the part of the die that was broke cut off a piece of a planchet and retained it in the&nbsp; reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The broken die (with the broken part of the die filled with a partial cent) continued on to stamp this coin thus leaving the mirror part of the obverse on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will notice that the missing date lines up with the image on the reverse where the missing part of the die would be.&nbsp; The broken piece of the die could cause the damage seen elsewhere on the obverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>=================</p><p><br /></p><p>My theory requires more thought as to which dies broke missing pieces in which order to retain a piece of a cent, but one thing is clear, the mirror image on the reverse is raised.&nbsp; You cannot get that with a hammer job.&nbsp; Plain and simple, that was caused during the stamping process.&nbsp; The damage to the upper part of the obverse die could also have been caused by part of a broken collar die between the obverse die and the planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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