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I recently received five Kennedy half dollars from my local bank and I was adding any I needed to my albums tonight. To my surprise, one of them had two reverse sides and no obverse (two eagle sides). I'll try to get pics and maybe a movie with me flipping the coin over tomorrow. I don't have a smart phone and I'm charging the batteries for my digital camera right now. Is this a known error or fake coin? It looks like it was made at the mint and is not an obvious fake. The coin weighs 9.8 grams, whereas most other halves I weighed were between 11 and 11.5 grams. The reverses are where one side is facing up, the other eagle on the back side is upside down. Any info on this? Thanks, Shane |
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It's a Magician's coin, used for magic tricks. They sell them in joke shops for a few bucks. |
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 its most likely a Magician's coin, two reverses were put together by someone outside the mint |
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I'm working on getting pics now. I see no evidence for what I watched in the video presented. I looked at it with a 16X loop and could find no evidence of a pieced together coin.
Shane
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Side 01 image...  |
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Side 02 image...  |
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Coin edge image...  |
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On side 01, notice how there is a very sharp distinction between the rim and the face of the coin. Most visible beside AMERICA. Looks like someone removed the obverse face and stuck a reverse face inside the void that remained.
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Thanks for the pics!
My questions:
On side 1, what is that line on the rim above STATES OF and near the "U" in UNITED?
On side 2, what is going on with the rim below DOLLAR?
The weight difference is a prime piece of evidence. If a planchet were struck with two reverse dies, the weight should still be considerably more (normal) no matter what year it is.
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05/15/2017 12:55 am
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I see what you mean, but it looks that way on both sides with a 16X loop. I then looked at a regular Kennedy and it has the same sharp distinction as this coin. It was a regular 1996 D. They looked the same to me at 16X.
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spruett001, both areas look like circulation damage under magnification. Even if this is a Magician's coin due to the weight, I'm having trouble finding the area where it is pieced together. The sharp lines at the rim look similar on both sides and on a regular half. Some look sharper in the images due to lighting, I believe. Shane |
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Edited by Coconutjoe
05/15/2017 01:05 am
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Here is a closeup of Side 01 near America's inner edge...  |
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Here is a regular 1996 D...  |
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Hey, even if this is a Magician's coin, I got a $10 novelty item for 50 cents! :) Thanks everyone for the input. Shane |
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That's the spirit. I would be happy to find one from a roll too, although it's troubling that you got it from a bank.
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05/15/2017 02:48 am
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