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1945 Victory Nickel No Head Only Two Tails

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 Posted 03/10/2017  10:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wildflowerAB to your friends list
Phoenix1701

It's very likely a Magician's coin, quite an antique one from the days of traveling carnivals.

Heads, you win. Tails, you lose!

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 Posted 03/10/2017  11:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mark1959 to your friends list
It's a Canadian " Dryer Coin" - ?
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 Posted 03/10/2017  11:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Phoenix1701 to your friends list
Thank you guys for this information its very helpful and interesting to know more about my coins. I will be posting a lot more of my collection on this site and would appreciate your feedback, Thanks again. :)
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 Posted 03/11/2017  04:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Apitrix to your friends list
Very interesting, I would personally love to examine this in hand on the off chance it is not counterfeit. Can you post photos of the rims please?
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 Posted 03/11/2017  04:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add okiecoiner to your friends list
Two slices put together and then peened on the edges to close up the junction. You see them every once in a while on US stuff as well.
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 Posted 03/11/2017  08:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DEVLEC to your friends list
You might see a faint line across if showing a few side views "edge on"..
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 Posted 03/11/2017  09:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add john100 to your friends list
You are in the US send it to NGC or PCGS, either you have a fake or something quite valuable, although the photos seems to show a fake
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 Posted 03/11/2017  09:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add okiecoiner to your friends list
It's going to cost you big $$ to find out from a TPG ... just take a good photo of the edge and post it here. My opinion is ((+% that's it's a fake and someone made a tails/tails coin to win flips.
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 Posted 03/11/2017  10:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wildflowerAB to your friends list
There's no less than a dozen reasons why that isn't an authentic coin starting with the T in CENTS or the A in CANADA. It looks to me like it was made by molten metal set into a handcarved wooden mold.

All the same, it's still interesting.

For comparison, a photo of a 1945 Victory nickel.
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http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...ts-1937-1952
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 Posted 03/11/2017  2:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Phoenix1701 to your friends list
heres a side view of the double tailed victory nickel

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Perfect..Now back up the focus a touch so that the showing edge is in focus.

Right now we can see that the "V" (middle of the that coin) is the sharpest point of focus in that last pic..
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 Posted 03/11/2017  5:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Phoenix1701 to your friends list
here is another two photos of the different ends of the coin, Thank you guys for your help I appreciate it

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Is there any rotation of the devices or are they the same as you turn the coin as Canadian coins do? My guess would be a casting and the rim tapped to get rid of the mold line as the so called nickle looks a little thick. Can you weigh it on a gram scale? That might help determine the metal the coin is made of. Nickel has a melting point of 2651F degrees while aluminum melts at around 1200F degrees - much easier to melt aluminum than pure nickel.
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 Posted 03/11/2017  5:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Phoenix1701 to your friends list
I have tried a magnet on it but it does not stick like my other Victory Nickels do, and I also know that its not hollow or two coins put together like a Magicians coin. I will try to weigh it I just have to find my scale, Thank you.
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 Posted 03/11/2017  7:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AgCoinAu to your friends list
This coin is round..... isn't it supposed to be 12 sided?
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