1957 Penny - Double PMD Or Something Else?

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mmj83 New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 05:03 am Hi everyone, After a number of years away from coin collecting, I have decided to come back to the hobby. I found this 1957 penny today and noticed partial penny rim size impressions on the front and back of the coin. I've not come across such impressions on both sides of a coin before. I was wondering if people think this is a PMD or something else (and whether anyone has come across these double impressions before)? Thanks. Melissa Report this Post to the Staff

Biedercoins Pillar of the Community United States 1601 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 05:35 am Off-center, poorly struck on both sides? Looks more interesting than PMD but I'm not exactly sure how that would happen during the strike itself. ? What if the coin was not ejected properly and got a partial double strike? Can that even happen? Edited by Biedercoins 02/04/2017 05:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 07:04 am @mmj83, first welcome (back). Second, especially if those two impressions roughly line up, then this might have been done by a bored teenager sandwiching this coin between two others in a vice and squeezing. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 4:37 pm Quote: this might have been done by a bored teenager sandwiching this coin between two others in a vice and squeezing. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
mmj83 New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 8:58 pm Quote: especially if those two impressions roughly line up, then this might have been done by a bored teenager sandwiching this coin between two others in a vice and squeezing Thanks for the suggestion @spence. The impressions don't seem to line up. Originally I was thinking of a coin being sandwiched against it in a vice. However, I have never come across an example of both sides showing such impressions. And examples I have seen have tended to show more of the vice markings on the coin, reflective of the amount of pressure being put on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
trout1105 Pillar of the Community Australia 7096 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 9:13 pm Your penny is a "Vise Job" PMD. I made this one by sandwiching a coin between two other coins and gave it a belt with a gimpy hammer. Report this Post to the Staff
mmj83 New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 9:20 pm Quote: Your penny is a "Vise Job" PMD. I made this one by sandwiching a coin between two other coins and gave it a belt with a gimpy hammer Thanks for the image @trout1105. Have you been able to make one where only a partial section of the rim is visible (ie. no sign of the Queen being impressed onto the coin)? This is what has me most intrigued. Report this Post to the Staff
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