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SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 6:48 pm Forgot to mention in my last post. The same fellow that I bought the Half Dollars from showed me a 1877 Indian Head cent, it ran in my mind that maybe that was a rare one so I was getting a little excited When I turned the coin over it was an Indian head 1889 ? It was in a 2x2, but it didn't feel any thicker. You could tell both sides were about fine. He didn't know any more about it than I did Report this Post to the Staff

KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 8:07 pm Huh...you mean the coin was "two obverses", one dated 1877 and the other 89? It's impossible to be minted like that, so it sounds like a Magician's coin, and a rather tragic one at that! Edited by KurtS 01/19/2008 8:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 9:07 pm Yeah! Kurt, It was a shame Both obverses were really pretty nice. Dates were nice and clear,Liberty wasn't showing, but overall a pretty nice coin. I don't know how they could have been put together it didn't feel that thick? I should have asked to take it out of the 2x2 Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 9:50 pm Most likely, two coins were ground down on the reverse side to 1/2 thickness and then soldered together. Obviously, the one who committed this atrocity wasn't a collector! Then again, the Mint probably melted countless valuable coins during the "recoinage" of the 1870s Edited by KurtS 01/19/2008 9:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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