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jjmm New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 08:30 am Hi, I have had a silver nickel in my posetion for the longest time because I had always thought that there was something wrong with it, and today I opened it up and found it to be hollow. One side has a buffalo on it and the other has the head of what seems to be a native american. On the side with the head, it says it was made in 1928. On the inside, there are ridges like that of a vinyl record and on the inside of the side with the head, there is a small piece of what appears to be green tape. Does anyone have any idea where this came from, or why it's hollow? Pictures: http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/j...e/slideshow/ Report this Post to the Staff

noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 08:59 am to the Community! What you have is most likely a Magicians coin, used for tricks and such. Report this Post to the Staff
Dave H Pillar of the Community United States 1436 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 09:25 am That's a pretty neat find! Pretty strange to me as to why someone would use the heads & tails of the same type of coin for this. Usually its two heads or tails for these. Maybe somebody used it for some type of hidden storage, like the opium Trade dollars I've seen? Edited by Dave H 06/25/2013 09:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18645 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 09:27 am noahs-numismatics nailed it. this is a Magicians coin. they are made in various denominations and are used sometimes to switch out for different coins and other tricks like the one below. Edited by panzaldi 06/25/2013 09:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 09:52 am Nice find! Buffalo 5c aren't silver. The alkaloids in opium would have eaten that piece up. The ridges are lathe marks. Still, very cool. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 11:10 am As already noted a Magicians coin. Unfortunately for the person that originally owned it though since they cost a lot. If you can find a magic shop, check out all the coins there for tricks. However, some are really expensive. For example a two headed Half Dollar in such a shop near me is $25. Some, like the one you found probably sells for about the same. Sure wonder how the magician let that slip away. Kind of like MAGIC I guess. Report this Post to the Staff
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