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New Member
United Kingdom
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hi there
i have an old one penny coin dated 1862 with both sides showing tails (britania) its very warn and from what I can see it doesn't look like a fake .... are these common?
thanks
M
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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magician coin! or should I say gamblers coin?
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Moderator
 United States
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 . I agree. "magic coin". It would be underweight for standards compared to it's original counterpart. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Matt
can you post a picture ?
while The other posters are more than likely correct , there were a certian number of tokens known as hardtimes tokens or store tokens from the time frame of the date you mentioned .
a picture would be helpful in determining what you may have .
Welcome to the forum .
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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i will try to get a picture up but it look just like a standard UK penny from 1862. I've compared it to other pennies form the same era/condition and it seems the same thinkness and weight... are their other tell tail sighns?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I should have read more carefully , my reference to hardtimes tokens and store cards was a US reference . but I would still like to see the coin, it would be one of the first Magicians coin from the UK I have seen with such an early date coin . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Matt, Welcome to this family forum, I too would, if you can,would like to see the coin. MIKE
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum. Two sided coins are extreamely common to be found in change lately. I suspect criminals are stealing collections and spending the coins. I presently have 2 headed nickels, half dollar and a Ike dollar. Also, hollowed out dime and quarter. There is a magic shop in town where you can buy almost any denomination double headed or tailed coin you want. If you know of one in your area, visit them. It's a fun place. |
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United States
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older magic coins are often two halves sanded down and glued together. they can be told by the edge seam. newer ones have one side hollowed out and a filed down insert, sometimes another denomination, like a dime in a cent. the seam on thosse is inside the rim.
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Valued Member
United States
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I used to find them searching boxes of halves allot. I'd put them in a glas jar with a lid and shake the snot out of the jar and most of the time they'd come apart. I actually found some cool foriegn coins inside the halves.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I used to find them searching boxes of halves allot. I'd put them in a glas jar with a lid and shake the snot out of the jar and most of the time they'd come apart. I actually found some cool foriegn coins inside the halves.
That too is a magic coin. I've got one of those. They come with a thing where you place the coin on and pound on a table and they open up. It was done in a way where you would put two coins in a person's hand, one small enough to fit in the half, press one inside the other while in their hand, now they open their hand and only one coin. Trick works great since it was in someone else's hand, not yours. There is a magic store I go to once in a while and buy coin magic tricks just to find out how they are done. I'm no good at it though. There are many, many coin and currency tricks available. |
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