My First Error! - - 2001 Dual Side Penny?

Sure you can. It's your coin and you can do anything to it you want. That's how "pressed pennies" are legal. You can't modify a coin in order to commit fraud, but just to test the results? Go for it.

If you're worried that the coin will pass to someone else that would try to sell is as a flip-over in collar double strike, just destroy it when you finish.

I say and stick around awhile ... you can learn a lot and contribute what you can.

Agreed that your coin (nice photo) is the result of someone playing games after it left the Mint.

David

Tell the Feds your melting your melting your wheaties. Then stick your tongue out at them. Then tell them there's nothing they can do about it. Then wait.

I got a real kick out of that law when somehow it went flying
through the courts. (Copper cent melting) Unreal. The fed tells the treasury dept. what they want then it goes unnoticed
to a bunch of idiots that (not me) but you all I guess elected and they vote and then some idiot judge decides to make it a felony to melt your own cents in your own backyard.
You can melt silver, gold, platinum, nickel, aluminum and on and on and that is still O.K. but if your just a poor stiff trying to make a few extra bucks to pay your bills you get the screw and shaft. I doubt very much that even the feds have the time to go snooping around peoples back yard or basements and garages arresting joe citizen for some cooking violation. So far there has been no convictions of anyone melting pennies. Most likely not even
one arrest has been made either. I realize copper melters are a huge and dangerous threat to society but I think there are more urgent matters that need attending. Anyone
want to buy a 50 lb. copper bust of Obama ?

I want to take this opportunity to show some visual aid to those who misidentified this coin as being a squeeze job.

The coin in this thread shows additional features on ALL parts of the design of the coin, very indicative of an added substance on the coin.

The coin is this other thread:

https://goccf.com/t/95358

shows the 'secondary' design affecting only the highest parts of the design of the primary coin (the coin in the photo). This is indicative of something with the design (most likely another coin) placed on top of this coin (as a tool), and squeezed or hit hard enough to transfer the design from one to the other (and likely the other way around too).

A REAL die clash can be seen in this link, borrowed from Lincoln Cent Resource:

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/..e_Clash.html

Note how all of the clash remnants ONLY affect the LOWEST part of the design. The reason for this is because of the negative-positive effect. Coins are an exact reverse copy of the dies that make the coins. All of the lowest areas on a coin are the highest areas on the die. So, when dies clash with one another, their highest points transfer to one another producing the clash. This transfers to the LOWEST points of the coin...high to low, negative to positive.

So...a summary:

Real die clashes affect ONLY the LOW points of the coin...the fields.

Faked die clashes using the 'squeeze' method affect ONLY the HIGH points of the coin.

Faked die clashes using the 'clear glue' method affect ALL points of the design since it's effectively "adding" a design to the coin.

just goes to show,the extents and methods used to create a fraudulent coin

very nice coin!