Two Date Error Coin Question

One more question. Is a grading company able to tell me if this coin was struck with one, or if it was struck with multiple strikes.

The nose on the 1940 looks different because of the damage caused by the fake 1943 die. The nose has been flattened by the strikes to the obverse and reverse. This also shows across the surface of the 1940 as flattened details and the damaged edges.

I was able to find a few other marks from the fake 1943 die where it was used on the reverse of the 1940, but they are very light. It looks as if the E in LIBERTY is visible, but the only way it could be on the 1940 is if the wheat on the 1940 was cutting deeply into the 1943 die.

Because the details on the 1940 were harder than the soft 1943 die, the 1943 die couldn't make a full impression. It would also cause the destruction of most of the details on the softer 1943 die.

I would think that the fake die was only able to make 1 or 2 strikes before the harder copper coin or coins flattened the image on 1943 Lincoln die to the point that it was useless.

Once again, this is only my opinion as I didn't see it happen.

It is over I am not going to send it to a grading company. I thank everone for their opinions. You shaved me 43 dollars. This is a great forum. Glad I found it. When I contacted Mr Diamond the first time I did not know he was the number 1 error specialist around. I do now.

Yes, I did. I did not think a soft die could cause a relief figure or number on another coin. I new it was a wierd coin. I did not think anyone could be that far off in trying to make a error coin. I paid 69 dollars for it. You know what they say; one is born every minute.

I do not regret the purchase. I got a ms 70 quarter with the purchase, I found this site , and I have people who have said they would like to purchase the coin.

I still have some questions. I do not claim to have the expertise that the people on here have. But, I still would like to have explained: Where did the remainder of Lincolns body go. One person said the soft die was destroyed after about 2 hits. Well, how about the first hit. I had a person contact me that read a book about the mint in 1943. The war was going on and they had to hire a lot of new employees to replace the people who were drafted. The author of this book had interviewed some of these people and told how they had put coins with earlier dates back into production. The person who found the 1943 copper penny took years to finally have the mint admit it was legitimate. I think the question is a reasonable.

I agree with that. But, if they were only going for the date how about the reverse with the nose. What were they going for there? I am just trying to make every thing make sense. I have said to myself several times: It is a altered coin. But, Questions keep popping up that keep my searching. I would send it to a grading company, but, I do not think they could say for sure what happened. I would gladly pay $43 if I thought they could say for sure what happened. If it is not altered, the only other thing it could be: it was entered back into production in 1943 and there was a turning in the dies.