Post Mint Damaged Large Cent- how was this done?

braddick

I am sure this is NOT an error of some kind- I am curious though how the alteration was performed after leaving the mint and perhaps even why?
Any speculation or opinions are welcome.

hummingbird_coins

In the first image it appears to be imprinted by a mold from a half cent. In the second image it appears to be imprinted by a half cent.

CaptHenway

Here's my WAG.

Somebody made a false die by impressing the reverse of a Half Cent into a piece of metal. THey then sandwiched the large cent between the the false die and the reverse of the actual Half Cent.

TD

braddick

@hummingbird_coins said:
In the first image it appears to be imprinted by a mold from a half cent. In the second image it appears to be imprinted by a half cent.

@CaptHenway said:
Here's my WAG.

Somebody made a false die by impressing the reverse of a Half Cent into a piece of metal. THey then sandwiched the large cent between the the false die and the reverse of the actual Half Cent.

TD

That all makes sense.
I do wonder though how bored someone has to be to go to all that effort?

I'd speculate this was done probably sometime during WWII.

hummingbird_coins

@braddick said:

@hummingbird_coins said:
In the first image it appears to be imprinted by a mold from a half cent. In the second image it appears to be imprinted by a half cent.

@CaptHenway said:
Here's my WAG.

Somebody made a false die by impressing the reverse of a Half Cent into a piece of metal. THey then sandwiched the large cent between the the false die and the reverse of the actual Half Cent.

TD

That all makes sense.
I do wonder though how bored someone has to be to go to all that effort?

I'd speculate this was done probably sometime during WWII.

It appears to have happened prior to being counterstamped, which declined in popularity around the 1880's.

CaptHenway

@hummingbird_coins said:

@braddick said:

@hummingbird_coins said:
In the first image it appears to be imprinted by a mold from a half cent. In the second image it appears to be imprinted by a half cent.

@CaptHenway said:
Here's my WAG.

Somebody made a false die by impressing the reverse of a Half Cent into a piece of metal. THey then sandwiched the large cent between the the false die and the reverse of the actual Half Cent.

TD

That all makes sense.
I do wonder though how bored someone has to be to go to all that effort?

I'd speculate this was done probably sometime during WWII.

It appears to have happened prior to being counterstamped, which declined in popularity around the 1880's.

Quite possibly true, but you can never prove these things.