1974 Penny, Double Back? Added Pics

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ltcowgirlup New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 11:48 am I have a 1974 penny and the back looks like it was restruck partially side ways with the same impression? The front is normal and the back looks like a mess up. It is like the building is re-struck cross-ways and the word one. Anyone have any info on it? Edited by ltcowgirlup 01/02/2010 01:30 am Report this Post to the Staff

hemisboats Valued Member United States 461 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 12:46 pm are you purposely trying to kill us? If so it is working! We need photographs, you know pictures or at least hammer out into a stone tablet. Report this Post to the Staff
ltcowgirlup New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 6:02 pm Sorry!! Never done this... Will try to get one on later. My big camera is messing up. Will try the other one. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
numismo Rest in Peace United States 3039 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 6:21 pm Without pictures only a guess can be ventured. Might be post mint alteration (hammer struck with another coin). Just a possibility. Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 6:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 01/01/2010 8:38 pm it may be glue where they glued two lincoln cents together to make a two headed coin. it could also be a squeeze job where they squeeze two coins together in a vice but without pictures it is hard to say what caused what you are seeing but one of these two cases is what we usually see when someone is asking about something like you describe Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 01:33 am We call these squeeze jobs and they are damaged coins created after they leave the mint. Coins are stacked together and then whacked with a hammer. They also can be stacked and placed in a vice. In this case, the hammer was more likely and the design was added to the reverse of the first coin when the reverse of another coin was lying on top of it and then hammered. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 11:27 am Yep, now that he has pictures up it is a squeeze job. Second impression is incuse and mainly on the high areas Report this Post to the Staff
m9frank Pillar of the Community United States 628 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 12:13 pm By the way, welcome to the forum! Report this Post to the Staff
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