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Found A Two Headed Nickel Cr Hunting

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 Posted 02/13/2017  5:23 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Rowbeertoe to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Check this out. One side is 1964 the other is a 1995 p. It's most likely fake but if not it's sure strange.

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 Posted 02/13/2017  5:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin197 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is called a magician coin.
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They sell then at novelty shops for like $5 each. Two coins filed and bound together with metal adhesive.
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When you drop it on a hard surface, you should hear a dull thud and not a ring. You can buy these on ebay and other places. Simply type in "two headed coin."

A very cool find in the wild though!

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It's most likely fake


Nope. It's a genuine man-made Magician's coin.

It's worth more than a nickel, so that's good.

I found a two-headed quarter a few years ago and was stupidly excited until I noticed the different mint marks.

At least your coin has different years!

Enjoy it; it's a fun find.
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 Posted 02/13/2017  8:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
with @buddy. Interesting find and worth keeping for its novelty.
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CRH long enough, you are bound to find one. Congrats on a fun find!!
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Can you show us a picture of the edge?
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Sometimes you can see the seam on the rim of the coin:
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They are made from two different coin in a machine shop on a lathe. removing the metal that is unwanted:
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Sometimes they are made from two different coins:
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Sometimes they are hollowed out and a dime can be inserted into the reverse:
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They are used for magic tricks and to win coin tosses. (Reverses are the better ones as heads is usually called on a coin toss)

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You guys amaze me with all of the knowledge of coins! And cool even has illustrations and examples on any variety you can imagine ( even a Magicians coin ) . This is not my thread I know but thanks to all of you who share with the rest of us !
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You can (used to be able) to buy a full set of two-sided coins for. $79.95 from certain coin dealers, both 2 heads or 2 tails. That's 1,5,10,25,50 and SBA. Not just a magic coin. Did find a two headed Memorial when first restarted in 2014, got real excited for a few weeks that I'd found a mint error, LCS showed me the seam on the edge, that balloon popped real fast!
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So which is the best one to buy for a coin toss?
Two heads?
Two tails?
Two Tails. Most call heads On a coin toss.
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