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Pillar of the Community
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My guess is the rim that you actually think is the Cents rim is actually the nickel that was hollowed out
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Pillar of the Community
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Uh, Jayman. Considering it is the nickel that shows less than full devices along the edge, I feel Raymo is correct in his assumption that the cent is the female part and the nickel is the "plug."
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Pillar of the Community
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The nickel could have had the edges brought to the size of a penny without a rim...then hollowed the obverse out leaving a "rim" Just an idea. It could be done because nickels are larger than cents.
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Pillar of the Community
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Jayman, that would eliminate the raised rim. On the cent side, you can see the raised rim. Where in the nickel side it is non-existent.
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Valued Member
 United States
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As to the debate over whether the nickel is the female or the penny is the female, upon very close examination, I have the answer. It is indeed a " Magician's coin", and one side is a female. I'll post the close up pick soon and give you the answer. Give me your guesses! |
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Pillar of the Community
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The half you have is the male half. The female half is a Jefferson nickel obverse with the reverse hollowed out as I mentioned before. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Sorry I stalled, my collection was put away and I have a family and a busy job to contend with. In any case, the nickel was the female. As you can see, whomever made this cut the rim off the nickel to nearly the size of the penny, hollowed it out, and put in the female half of the penny into the hollowed out S series Jefferson War Nickel (only during WW2 were the nickel mint marks placed in that position) Definitely some fine craftsmanship if you ask me. Of course, I can't stand it when coins are damaged intentionally, but this is pretty cool even if its worth nothing. URL=" http://s41.photobucket.com/user/rob...53.jpg.html"]  [/URL] |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rob: Do mind if I add your image to my image library? It show the affect of reducing two coins then attached. Thanks for the image.
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Valued Member
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I don't mind at all Richard.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks. I'll add it to the DVD in future updates. First image I've seen that show the two metals attached to the same coin.
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
The overall thickness is less than either a penny or a nickel. Comparable to a dime.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The side angle image you show does not look like either is the female. It looks like they were slit and sandwiched together.
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Valued Member
United States
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That is quite possible, Seal006, however I would add that if you rub your fingernail on the edge, along the whole edge, the nickel's diameter is very slightly and evenly larger than the penny edge.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rob: Here is the edited image:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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That's really cool. Thank you for including my weird coin into your DVD.
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