Is this type of error rare?

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johnny9434

I'd say post mint damage, more then likely a vice job, jmo

Coins4Eli

It's a genuine cent struck over dime error, commonly referred to as an "11c piece". Extremely cool!

Here is another example. (Not mine)

MWallace

Nice error. Did you find it?

IkesT

Yes, it's called a double denomination error - in this case, a cent struck over a dime. These types of errors can be faked, however, so it should be certified by company such as PCGS.

seanq

Appears to be a genuine cent struck over a struck dime. Can you make out the date of either strike? This type of error is typically worth a few hundred dollars if they match, but potentially much more if they do not.

Sean Reynolds

OAKSTAR

@johnny9434 said:
I'd say post mint damage, more then likely a vice job, jmo

Is "vice job" a generic term? Because (IMO) there's no way you or I could turn a vice hard enough or strong enough to make an impression for one piece of metal into another. Unless it's some kind of hydraulic press.

IkesT

@OAKSTAR said:

@johnny9434 said:
I'd say post mint damage, more then likely a vice job, jmo

Is "vice job" a generic term? Because (IMO) there's no way you or I could turn a vice hard enough or strong enough to make an impression for one piece of metal into another. Unless it's some kind of hydraulic press.

It's definitely not a vise job, but these double denomination errors do need to be looked at carefully for fakes.

@FredWeinberg - What do you think of the OP coin?

Saam

Doesn't look right to me. The top picture shows a dime design over a cent & the second picture shows a cent design over a dime.

OAKSTAR

@IkesT said:

It's definitely not a vise job, but these double denomination errors do need to be looked at carefully for fakes.

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I was really just interested in the term "vice job" and if it was just a generic term.

IkesT

@OAKSTAR said:

@IkesT said:

It's definitely not a vise job, but these double denomination errors do need to be looked at carefully for fakes.

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I was really just interested in the term "vice job" and if it was just a generic term.

It's a term for any coin that has an impression of another coin because the two coins were squeezed or hammered together. Yes, that will leave an impression. Here's an example of a vise job:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204756964838

braddick

@Saam said:
Doesn't look right to me. The top picture shows a dime design over a cent & the second picture shows a cent design over a dime.

This is an excellent point. Unless we're looking at the photos wrong.
At first I was thinking it was genuine yet upon closer inspection Saam has a good point.

IkesT

@braddick said:

@Saam said:
Doesn't look right to me. The top picture shows a dime design over a cent & the second picture shows a cent design over a dime.

This is an excellent point. Unless we're looking at the photos wrong.
At first I was thinking it was genuine yet upon closer inspection Saam has a good point.

There is more detail of the dime showing on the obverse than I would expect, as if it was weakly struck by the cent die. A weak strike can be one of the indications of a fake.

jonathanb

Come on folks! The OP's pictures are 100% unquestionably legit. A very nice (and valuable) double denomination error.

Vice job is not a generic term. You absolutely can transfer design elements from one coin to another with a normal bench top vice. There's no way to prove a vice was used in any specific case instead of some other sort of damage. But some vice Jobs are truly vice jobs.

The OP's example is not a vice job. Not a chance.

Liquidated

100% legit. Cent struck over dime.

Even if the incredible hulk viced two coins together the impression would be reversed and concave.

FredWeinberg

As stated by all those who know above – it’s legit

Looks like there might be some rim flattening on the right side from a counting machine