1962 D Lincoln With Wheat Cent Struck Through On OBV & Rev

That is not an error, it is what is known as a vise coin
where someone has pressed one coin into another one.
Easy to tell with the incuse reverse lettering.
It is now a damaged coin.

Multiple runs through the 'ol vise.

I would like to thank everyone for your interest and comments I received about the 1962 D with Wheat cent struck through Error I submitted on 11/12/22. I understand that it is possible or someone to have modified the coin. But I have a different opinion as to how this coin may have come about. (1) If in fact someone hammered a Wheat cent into the 1962 D penny then there would be sever rim damage to the extent of the depth of the impression on both sides of the coin. (2) On the Obv the wheat shaft impression should have completely smashed the letters BER in liberty but somehow only completely crushed the LI. Leaving only minimal rim damage. (3) The Rev side impression depth of Lincoln's head and shoulders compress the letters NE & C but again does little in any damage to the rim. Additionally, on the Rev side how does one account for the deep impressions of 196 on the right of the Capitol Building with little damage to the rim. Although I hated doing it, I performed a destructive test in an attempt to recreate a similar coin with the impression that show on the 1962 D in question.(see attached Photos) I taped both coin together and struct them with a 2 pound hammer as hard as I could. (1) It in impossible to recreate the impression of the Wheat Shaft or the number and lettering. In fact all that happened is both coins show minimal damage only one shows the rim of the other coin. There is no trace transfer of lettering, numbers or head and shoulders of Lincoln on either coin another. I attempted a similar test using a large vice and put a three foot galvanized pipe over the vice handle hitting it with the hammer and it left no impression what so ever. There was extensive compression of the rim on both coins. The 1983 D Obv had minimal transfer from the 1944 Obv on the hair and compressed cheek of Lincoln and an O in the hair line as for the Rev of the 1983 D upon the third strike of the hammer it had a deep rim impression running across ONE CENT but no transfer of any other featured from the 1944 penny. The vice did nothing. My opinion is the 1962 D coin was made in the U.S. mint and somehow a Wheat cent and another 1962 penny found their way into the press when the coin was stamped. From the US mint "Circulating coin presses use from 35 to 100 metric tons of pressure to strike the coins." I've also attached another copy of the revers 1962 D as the original image was flipped.

For anyone who has successfully made a similar coin to the 1962 D please show photos.

Please explain how the lettering can be incused and backwards during the minting process.

Or feel free to send it to NGC or PCGS and pay for the same conclusions you're seeing here. We've seen literally hundreds upon hundreds of these.

If it were a die issue, the devices would be normal. If transferred from another coin, the will be mirrored and not normal. Also they will be incuse on the coin. If it were a die issue, then they would be raised, not incuse. Squeezed in a die with a vise.

As mentioned, we literally see hundreds of these " vise jobs" come across our pages. Search the box in the upper left top of any page here on CCF to see for your self other examples. It is physically impossible for this to have occurred at the mint. No error here, just intentional post mint damage.