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Magician's Coin?

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 Posted 03/29/2012  09:48 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Noob1e to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi All,

Has anyone ever seen one of these?

Found this coin dusting off my coin collection, it's probably a Magician's coin.

US victory nickel 1911, the insert is a 1928 penny, plated and stamped as a nickel.

Unless its a real rarity?

Pretty cool huh?!


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 Posted 03/29/2012  10:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mvojnovic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting, must say that I never saw something like that. It could be magician tool. Cant think of any other use for it...
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 Posted 03/29/2012  10:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mmorgan22 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


I believe it is a spy coin of some sort. Type it in a search engine and a lot pop up. They are used to hide things in.
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 Posted 03/29/2012  10:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Noob1e to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the welcome!

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Then welcome back again!
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 Posted 03/29/2012  11:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Magician's coin for the scotch and soda trick
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I've seen several Magician's coins and yours are the oldest.

I have a Kennedy half that opens up but there's only room inside for microfilm....spy coin?

They're fun to have.
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I received 2 similar halves in junk silver. A 2 headed 1964 Kennedy half as well as a 1964 Kennedy half with a Franklin liberty bell reverse. Both of these were put together perfectly
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Poor mans opium dollar?

Cool nonetheless!
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, Noob1e!


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it's probably a Magician's coin.

Give that man a seegar!


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US victory nickel 1911, the insert is a 1928 penny, plated and stamped as a nickel.

Don't light it.

Just a V or Liberty nickel, not victory. The 1928 cent hasn't been plated, just attached to the reverse of the nickel after it was sanded down.


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I believe it is a spy coin of some sort.

Not a spy coin. There would be no point in putting the cent in there, it would only take up space.



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I have a Kennedy half that opens up but there's only room inside for microfilm....spy coin?

Yep!


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Poor mans opium dollar?

Nope, see spy coin explanation.

Nice find, and pretty old magic trick.
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