Posted 05/19/2008 1:56 pm
If genuine and and not a form of " Magician's coin", it could be very interesting to see pictures of.
It has to be mentioned that the likelihood of something like that is practically 0% but stranger things have happened.
It is more likely that (and you wouldn't see the seam) that the coin has had one part hollowed out to become a shell. Then a machined part of another coin was then placed into the hollowed out portion. Coin's like this are called Magician's coins.
Your coin, on the off chance that it is made from mismatched dies or is a pattern of some sort needs to be handled carefully so if anyone gives you the idea to drop the coin to hear the ring of it, in this case, I wouldn't do it as damage might occur. Normally, on run of the mill two headed, two tailed, or mismatched pieces, even I would reccommend the ring test. A pieced together coin will go "THUD" when dropped onto a table top for example.
In any case. Pictures as big as you can get and as clear as you can get would be a great help.
Thanks,
Bill
It has to be mentioned that the likelihood of something like that is practically 0% but stranger things have happened.
It is more likely that (and you wouldn't see the seam) that the coin has had one part hollowed out to become a shell. Then a machined part of another coin was then placed into the hollowed out portion. Coin's like this are called Magician's coins.
Your coin, on the off chance that it is made from mismatched dies or is a pattern of some sort needs to be handled carefully so if anyone gives you the idea to drop the coin to hear the ring of it, in this case, I wouldn't do it as damage might occur. Normally, on run of the mill two headed, two tailed, or mismatched pieces, even I would reccommend the ring test. A pieced together coin will go "THUD" when dropped onto a table top for example.
In any case. Pictures as big as you can get and as clear as you can get would be a great help.
Thanks,
Bill
