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1976 D Penny But What's This Error Called?

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 Posted 04/23/2026  10:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
I agree with above. A vise job. PMD. Not an error. https://www.error-ref.com/squeeze-j...-garage-job/
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 Posted 04/23/2026  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Appears to be a vise job. Having said that, the softness of the photos (blown up, low resolution process) makes assessment a bit more challenging.
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 Posted 04/23/2026  4:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Trebest70 to your friends list
Ill try get better ones sorry
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 Posted 04/23/2026  5:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Trebest70 to your friends list
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 Posted 04/24/2026  12:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Trebest70 to your friends list
The guy said incused this is like the dropped letter error I just read about crazy though
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 Posted 04/24/2026  12:13 am  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
Someone put the back of another cent against this coin in a vice and squeezed.

You can see the lines from the top and bottom of the memorial on the other coin, too.
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 Posted 04/24/2026  02:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list
If a "vise job" wouldn't the letters be backwards?
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 Posted 04/24/2026  09:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petespockets55 to your friends list

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If a "vise job" wouldn't the letters be backwards?

They are ... and upside down.

For once my dyslexia comes in handy.
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 Posted 04/24/2026  09:50 am  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
Just as Pete said, they are indeed upside down. C and E just happen to be symmetrical top-bottom, so if you flip them vertically, they remain the same.
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 Posted 04/24/2026  11:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list
I see it now.
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The guy said incused this is like the dropped letter error I just read about crazy though
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 Posted 04/24/2026  7:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list
it is still a vise job. not an error. I can see the top and bottom of the memorial as well - unless you are going to call that a 'dropped Memorial' as well.
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 Posted 04/24/2026  9:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chase007 to your friends list
Every member has responded correctly ,ithas been correctly established that this is PMD regardless of several pictures being posted.... they all scream vise job.
There are several clues that indicate a fabricated specimen, incused and up side down letters and damaged rims on both reverse and particularly obverse where the squeezed Cents over each other have caused.
These are very educational topics that great lessons can be learned from, particulaly when we come across similar examples on ebay or other sites we will recognize them and will not fall victim.
Let's move on ...
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