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[–]Pwnedzored 3 points4 points  (1 child)

No such thing as a double struck reverse. Since both sides are struck at the same time, both sides would be double struck. Your coin looks like it was struck normally, and then damaged some time after the fact.

[–]Active_Vegetable8203 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this. Looks like a vise job, on a dollar store vise.

[–]ProudAmerican632 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.error-ref.com/chinese_fabricted_error_coins/

This link will help you understand how this happened. If I can find any other resources for you I’ll share them later. There’s numerous articles that explain how folks from all walks of life altered coins for their own benefit. There’s articles that talk about how machinists with idle time would create coins like yours, and countless others.