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Rare Loonie? Or Just A Canadian Mint Printing Error?

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 Posted 03/09/2012  4:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jody B to your friends list
Here's a pic of the coin... it is identical on both sides. Thanks!

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 Posted 03/09/2012  4:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coincollect1 to your friends list
can we see both sides?
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 Posted 03/09/2012  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wert to your friends list
That is interesting Jody B

If it is not a fake, probably the only way it got stamped with the Queen on both sides, is if the coin was re-entered back into the stamping machine reversed.

Can't wait to see the outcome of this coin.
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 Posted 03/09/2012  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jody B to your friends list
Here is the other side, and sorry, the coin is upside down. I can take it again if you need me to. Thanks.

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 Posted 03/09/2012  4:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SHAFTA9a to your friends list
Welcome to Coin Community Forums, Jody B




Is it possible to show a pic of the edge of your coin.
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 Posted 03/09/2012  5:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jody B to your friends list
Sure thing... taken with my cell phone, so please let me know if you need a clearer picture than this. I held it up with a pair of tweezers. Thanks.

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 Posted 03/09/2012  5:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coincollect1 to your friends list
I would put this coin in a safe place where it wont get scratched or anything... Really I'm not sure how this would happen or if its real.
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 Posted 03/09/2012  6:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jody B to your friends list
My Dad got this as change from a store a few years ago, so it's been in circulation for a while.
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 Posted 03/10/2012  01:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nova to your friends list
another way you could take a photo so we can see both sides at the same time would to use 2 mirrors like a corner thou it may take a bit of adjusting till it gets right would be a great photo to show everyone your possible awesome find.
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 Posted 03/10/2012  01:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list
Sometimes with fake double-headed coins the seam is on one side, hidden just inside the rim instead of along the rim of the coin. One coin has one side ground off, and the rim milled away. The other has the middle machined out and the other coin pressed into it. You can get trick nickels made this way in magic shops, and I've found two of these in circulation.

I can't see a seam from these pictures, but it's something to look for if you have any way of looking at it under magnification.
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 Posted 03/10/2012  09:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jody B to your friends list
You folks are great! Both my Dad & I have looked this coin over at every possible angle, and we cannot find a seam anywhere.
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 Posted 03/10/2012  09:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ikandiggit to your friends list
Doubled sided loonies are available in magic shops for about $12. This is more than likely what you have. They are available in doubled sided heads or doubled sided tails.

Google two-sided loonie.
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 Posted 03/11/2012  11:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list
Neither rare,nor mint error,it's a magician coin.
Almost all are produced as CaptainFwiffo has described.
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 Posted 03/11/2012  12:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coingirl to your friends list
please measure dimensions and check the weight.
Post office or a drug store have scales...
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 Posted 03/11/2012  1:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list

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I can't see a seam from these pictures, but it's something to look for if you have any way of looking at it under magnification.


Looks to me like the bottom pix was the original reverse, with the cutout inside the beading. It would take clearer pix to be sure of that aspect.

What's for sure is that this coin was modified outside the mint.
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