Inverse Printed Text - Need Help Identifying

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Topekaguy Valued Member United States 117 Posts	Posted 05/06/2018 8:49 pm All, Please take a look at the very worn coin, if you look at the obverse the appears to be backward, actually looks like it was struck backwards if there is such a thing. I think it is a large cent, but need help to see if anyone has ever seen something like this. Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/06/2018 8:53 pm Brockage? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 05/06/2018 8:55 pm With the backwards design elements and multiple rims, this is most likely a vise job: a slick was placed in between two large cents and perhaps some leather to protect those coins and then the whole sandwich compressed. What is the diameter of this coin--it may be a bit larger than a normal large cent. "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
Topekaguy Valued Member United States 117 Posts	Posted 05/06/2018 9:54 pm 27.37mm diameter 1.15mm thickness Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/07/2018 03:24 am I am thinking 'vise job' also, but probably a lot more than 100 years ago. The incuse mirror lettering looks to be a bit too shallow to be a brokage. Easier to impart partial edge brokage with a vise. Shallowness could also be due to coins being worn. I think probably a sandwich of three coins, because the reverse incuse covers most of the coin. Very interesting, and a keeper, even if it is contrived. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 05/07/2018 09:48 am My assumption would be a circulating contemporary counterfeit. Such "vise jobs", taking two normal coins and squeezing a piece of metal between them to get a (very crude) counterfeit coin, are still around in modern times; I remember seeing an old school friend show me one that his parents picked up in the till of their corner store; it was a lead slug with the design of an Australian 20 cent piece crudely stamped (in reverse) on both sides. This would have been the early 1980s. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 05/07/2018 10:15 am I agree with Sap about this most likely being a contemporary counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
Topekaguy Valued Member United States 117 Posts	Posted 05/07/2018 8:51 pm Thanks Guys.. I am going to hang on to as a conversation piece..I found it with a bunch of 3 cent and large cent coins. Thanks again, I always get very pertinent details to my posts, I am in envy of the knowledge that you guys possess. Report this Post to the Staff
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