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 Posted 07/17/2012  5:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rocktowngal to your friends list
Mine has same date. I don't see the line where they cut it.
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 Posted 07/17/2012  6:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numismo to your friends list
At last count there were 1,234,274,556 different magician coins out there, many with different dates.
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 Posted 07/17/2012  6:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rocktowngal to your friends list
Here are some pictures

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 Posted 07/17/2012  6:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mechman to your friends list
If you just ground the edge of a error coin OH NO! If you sand the ground edge flat and polish you should be able to see the glue joint. If no glue joint maybe it is an error. can we have a good pic or the edge of the coin not ground?
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07/17/2012 6:27 pm
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 Posted 07/17/2012  7:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add papatony to your friends list
Hey a Double Header! Nice...They do some good work on the magician coins!
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 Posted 07/18/2012  07:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ikandiggit to your friends list
Not all of these have the seam on the edge. Some were lathed out and the second coin dropped into it so the seam would be on the inside of the rim.
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 Posted 07/18/2012  09:53 am  Show Profile   Check 52Raymo's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add 52Raymo to your friends list
This is one JoeTurbo should buy !
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 Posted 07/19/2012  6:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
The magician's quarter that I found (and I really wish I could take a picture of it) was made by grinding out the reverse of one quarter, leaving the rim and then grinding everything but the obverse off of another quarter.

That obverse is shoved into the rim and Hey Presto! it's a double headed coin.

I never saw one until a couple of years ago and now I hear about them all the time. It makes me think that it's a machine shop school assignment.

So check your coin all along the inside of the rims and see if you can spot where it was cut. I can't tell from the photos.
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 Posted 07/22/2012  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mechman to your friends list
Finally I see it! See arrow. The person that did this is good because the joint is only visiible due to the heat caused by grinding.




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 Posted 07/22/2012  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
I managed to get a photo of part of the rim.

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07/22/2012 10:31 pm
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 Posted 07/22/2012  10:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
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 Posted 07/22/2012  10:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
coop has a MUCH better photo!

Taking photos and uploading them to posts is a real adventure for me. I have to relearn the process each time.
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 Posted 07/23/2012  7:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VGRX to your friends list
Is a two headed error coin even possible?

Years ago a double headed 50 cent piece was spent at my store. 1964 was the date. I do remember that much and I should still have it somewhere.
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 Posted 07/24/2012  5:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
Very possible Magicians coin with the two heads on the 1964. People spend them without realizing it was their coin toss winner. We find them. The ring on the table should be different than a 90% silver other example.
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 Posted 07/24/2012  7:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VGRX to your friends list
^ What I'm saying is that all two headed coins must be magician coins.

Is a two headed coin from the mint possible? Are there any known examples of a two headed error coin from any year any series?
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