Odd

[Joelroy]

My wife and I found these pennies and we don't know what they are. They appear to be Lincolns but they have 2 liberties double heads and other oddities. She thinks they are fake i think they were double struck. We are new to this and would appreciate any feedback.

[onecent1909]

someone took 3 cents together in a vice and tightened the vice pushing the images onto each coin from the other coin... not fake, but not double struck.... damaged.

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, the photos are not quite good enough for me to assess what is going on with them. I will attempt to tell you what to look for in order to know if they are fake, or made in some one's garage.

What years are these? If 1983 to present, they should weigh close to 2.5 grams. If they are older than 1982, they were probably made of copper and should weigh close to 3.11 grams.

Examine the coins close one side at a time if you find the following items, the coin may be post mint damage or pmd. It was done after it left the mint by some prankster:

• The rim of the coin is damaged, or simply squashed away.
• The are words, numbers or other devices backwards on one of the impressions.
• There is smearing of the coin image, from pressure in a vise causes the coins to slide.
• There may be two different dates on the coin
• There may be two different types of coins used (eg. A cent and nickle)
• The coin designs appears to be flattened.

Let us know what you all see.

As for photos. You canput a small 6x6 or so box on the table. Place the coin on the table. Place phone on top of box. Turn on camera app, Carefully slide phone so camera can see coin. Move coin closer to edgeof box if necessary. With phone on box, it stabilizes photo. Use one hand to stabilize phone. Lightly tap the shutter button with other hand to take photo.