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Re: double sided penny - an answer

Posted by JeffK on November 28, 2009 at 21:03:56:

In Reply to: double sided penny posted by rick daniel on November 25, 2009 at 18:55:57:

A die cap error occurs when one planchet sticks in the press and metal flows around it over the course of multiple strikes, forming something that resembles a bottle cap.

If your coin doesn't have any evidence of brockage, it could still be the result of a single strike where the planchet got stuck and acted as an anvil. However if there's also evidence of a positive (non-mirror) image on the side that's backwards, it could have been made by someone who hammered a second cent against it. But without seeing the coin it would be difficult to say which it is. My advice would be to call around to see if there's a local dealer who specializes in error coins and have it examined in person.

: I found a penny tails on both sides one is normal the other is a mirror image is this worth anything?

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: A die cap error occurs when one planchet sticks in the press and metal flows around it over the course of multiple strikes, forming something that resembles a bottle cap.

: If your coin doesn't have any evidence of brockage, it could still be the result of a single strike where the planchet got stuck and acted as an anvil. However if there's also evidence of a positive (non-mirror) image on the side that's backwards, it could have been made by someone who hammered a second cent against it.  But without seeing the coin it would be difficult to say which it is.  My advice would be to call around to see if there's a local dealer who specializes in error coins and have it examined in person.

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: : I found a penny tails on both sides one is normal the other is a mirror image is this worth anything?



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