Australia Sixpense With Wheat Penny Obcerse

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Tedpug Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 11/15/2019 8:38 pm This coin I found coin roll hunting. It is a Australia six pense with a us wheat rear. It weighs 2.0. Is this real I saw during the ww11 Australia coins were minted in San fransisco and denver. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34426 Posts	Posted 11/15/2019 8:55 pm @tp, this looks like a variation on a Magician's coin where one side of one coin is hollowed out and a second coin is trimmed down so that it will slide into that space. Your pics are a little blurry, but it looks like the "heads" side has been slid into place on the Wheat cent. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
beachnut Valued Member United States 261 Posts	Posted 11/15/2019 9:45 pm Looks to me as though Spence hit the nail on the head. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7055 Posts	Posted 11/15/2019 11:54 pm Drop it on a hard surface...should make a hollow sound Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 11/16/2019 04:25 am Australian sixpence 19mm, the obverse legend suggests 1943 as a possible date. 1943 wartime steel Cent also 19mm. (Zinc coated steel) In 1943, the San Francisco Mint struck .925 sterling silver sixpences for Australia, with a milled edge. Therefore the opportunity exists to make a numismatic inspired shed job fantasy, by joining two half coins. I VERY SERIOUSLY doubt that is is mule. Look closely for evidence of an edge join. A 1943 .925 sterling silver American Cent would look much brighter than this one does. Dissimilar metals should make the edge join look fairly obvious. Spence is right. It certainly seems to be the case, with what looks like a seam for an edge join, in front of the King's face. Edited by sel_69l 11/16/2019 04:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
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