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What if you were to anneal a true copper penny and then use a steel wheat. I would think a annealed wheat with a steel wheat in a vise would work pretty easily.
Interesting.
But in the sake of science I took several wheats to my shop. I put them in my vise and tightened it as hard as possible. Then smacked them on my anvil with the heaviest hammer I own several times. Other than slightly bending the edge of one, I couldn’t reproduce the marks or transfer the impressions.
Searching the web for related info, here's some various links -
vhttps://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=293200
http://www.instructables.com/id/Penny-Crusher/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNroFgqQKpM
http://www.pennymachinesusa.com/
The first link was invalid. I didn’t understand what was happening on the third.