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<p>[QUOTE="jackeen, post: 151351, member: 5683"]Somebody did this, most likely:</p><p><br /></p><p>Placed a real 1943 steel cent face-down on a piece of leather, and whacked it a few times with a wooden mallet. The result was a reverse impression of the obverse in the leather. Then he took a 1944 cent, placed it in the indentation left by the 1943 cent, and whacked it a few times with the mallet. The result is what you see.</p><p><br /></p><p>A smarter con artist would have used a 1942 cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jackeen, post: 151351, member: 5683"]Somebody did this, most likely: Placed a real 1943 steel cent face-down on a piece of leather, and whacked it a few times with a wooden mallet. The result was a reverse impression of the obverse in the leather. Then he took a 1944 cent, placed it in the indentation left by the 1943 cent, and whacked it a few times with the mallet. The result is what you see. A smarter con artist would have used a 1942 cent.[/QUOTE]
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