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I have never heard of a true mint error coin with two-heades or two-backs. Most likely a fantasy piece or Magician's coin. There are no 1895-P Morgans, but if this is a Magician's coin made from two real 1895 Morgans that had their reverses ground or filed off and stuck together, it might be an O or S mint. |
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Simply a Magician's coin. Many two sided coins are made for magic shows. Some are two headed, some two tails. Some are hollow and made to place other, smaller coins inside. If you could find a magic store, they are fun to roam through for all the coins they sell. One store, not far from me, is really fun to look through. Those two sided type coins are not cheap either. At the place by me a two headed Silver Dollar goes for $25 and that is for the Ike one. |
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Jsb, 12,000 Morgans were minted in Philadelphia for circulation, and all were melted. Normal Proof issues were done that year, however, and the ebay coin is one of those Proofs. |
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why does the holder say 1895 S$1 It is an 1895, it is a dollar coin ($1) and it is silver(S) They use the S$1 to differentiate from the gold dollars G$1 (And they did so even though there were no gold dollars in 1895.) |
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It's two-headed. How do they know the mint mark? Simple. They minted a 1895S copy, filed off the reverse, then stuck the two heads together  Talking about doing things the long way around! |
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Magician's coin.... Good for winning coin flips.
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A neat conversation piece but that's all.
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