Really Messed Up Penny

No it looks good.

That's what I was thinking CaptainFwiffo

I never would have thought of that in a million years. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to stump you guys huh.

Yep, squeeze job....damaged.

So since we're all in agreement that it's a squeeze job, let me ask a question here. In theory the two coins squeezed together would be made of the same material, thus exhibiting the same metallurgical properties (e.g., hardness). How is it that one was able to impress so cleanly a mirrored image of "liberty" and "in god" on the other? Is it due to possible higher density of the material in the letters and lower density of the material in the field?

Unfortunately it's been a long time since my Mechanics of Materials classes. :(

It was really odd getting this in change. I may be a woman but I watched my dad for years exhibition his coins all over the place and learned quite a bit, and I know the copper penny is harder and more bold coin than the zinc coin so that's how you would get that imprint... but the back has not a scratch.