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Hi all, I've dabbled in error coins for a while, mostly RPMs, but have never come across anything like this. From what little I know of the Mint's processes, this would have taken an extraordinary chain of events. If you would, fill me in. Could this have taken place inside mint walls or did someone have some fun with a press?  |
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Vise job. One Cent was pressed onto another one. Common way for the clueless to "create" what they mistakenly think to be a believable error.
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 to CCF, great dane!  with SsuperDdave. This is what's called a vise job - where someone puts a stack of coins in a vice and squeezes them together. This coin received the impression from the reverse of the coin directly above or below it. If it were double struck in the collar, the secondary design would be running the same way (i.e. you could still read "one cent" left to right). However, when squeezed in a vice, the impression is backwards, as it is on this coin. |
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Yes'm vise job.
ise ise baby.
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Edited by 52Raymo
10/29/2014 9:26 pm
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Thanks, all. Yeah, I kind of figured, but it was cool for a couple of seconds when I first saw it.
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Thanks, all. Yeah, I kind of figured, but it was cool for a couple of seconds when I first saw it.
Hey, it's still cool anyway.  Think about it - both Cents are of the same composition. How, then, can one be hard enough to imprint upon the other? One would think that they'd just mush each other, but there's clear detail transfer. That's pretty cool, especially if you're into infinite mental loops. |
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How, then, can one be hard enough to imprint upon the other? I've personally never tried this ... My thought would be to heat the receiving coin to soften the metal, place a transfer coin atop it and strike with a hammer. Anyone got some old Indian cents laying about? No '77's! |
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Think about it - both Cents are of the same composition. How, then, can one be hard enough to imprint upon the other? Hmm..in the same way to dies of similar hardness transfer details in a clash?  |
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Posted 10/29/2014 7:00 pm
