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08/07/2018 3:37 pm
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Edited by fioti
08/07/2018 3:55 pm
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This is not a US Mint produced coin.
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Nice find!  |
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This is a vintage bar bet winner so long as the user gets to call heads. Think of it as a novelty item or a Magicians coin, although most magicians coins change denomination. I'd venture it is worth a couple of bucks to the right sort of buyer. Nice find if from circulation. |
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Nice find if from circulation. Yes, machine wrapped roll. |
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@ southsav : I hope you don't use those needle nose pliers on all your coins .  |
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From your pix, I detect no seam around an inside rim... is there one on the outside edge? This just means when it was made. They started milling the insides and inserting a ground down insert in the 70s. Before that, coins were ground flat on one side and sandwiched together. I have found an old sandwiched LMC reverses, and some newer nickels that came apart, that's about all from CRH. |
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I hope you don't use those needle nose pliers on all your coins  After posting the photos and looking at them again, I said to myself, ' good thing this coin isn't worth much having used the needle nose plyers, someone is going to say something'.  Quote:
I detect no seam around an inside rim... is there one on the outside edge? I could not find one. The coin looks like a well worn 1947/1948 from both sides. Edges look like what you would expect, no seams found. I've never found a LMC. Here is the 1984/1988 I found back in 2012. You can easily see a seem on this one.   |
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That's a very nice example of a Magician's coin. Very nice find and congratulations! Errers and Varietys.
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On the third picture, from the top it looks like there is line showing it is two halves stuck together, the edge also looks like it was ground/sanded or worn down. Or it could be the lighting. Pretty cool.
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 about the edge seam. Very nice find worth saving in a 2x2. Yes of course it is a manufactured "error", but folks still actually pay money for them. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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 The Older Style Magician's coin was made by grinding down two coins and sandwiching them together with glue. These can be recognized by the seam around the outer side of the rim. The Newer Style Magician's coin is made by milling out the inner portion of one coin then putting a ground down one to fit inside this cutout. Both methods produce a two-headed or two tailed coin. They are sold as novelties in coin venues and on line and are made in all denominations from the cent to the Eisenhower dollar. Edited by Crazyb0
08/07/2018 8:44 pm
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Great find! I groaned when I saw the pliers, however!
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