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Kenny New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 01/07/2009 9:50 pm Several years ago I found a Washington quarter in my cash register that was delaminated and only has a reverse side. The coin appears to have separated perfectly in half. The 'Official Red Book' list lamination errors as a collectible item for some. Is this coin a true lamination and worth anything or just a novelty? Edited by Kenny 01/07/2009 10:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff

rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 01/07/2009 10:32 pm to the forum Kenny, kind of hard to tell what you have without pics. Report this Post to the Staff
Kenny New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 01/07/2009 10:47 pm Sorry, I received errors when I tried to load the scanned images. I updated the original post with the obverse (blank copper side) and reverse. Edited by Kenny 01/07/2009 10:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/07/2009 11:27 pm That is 1/2 of a magician/trick coin, you can see the concentric lathe lines and the residue is glue that was used to keep the two halves together. The other side was probably another reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Kenny New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 01/07/2009 11:33 pm Wow! Modern machinery can do interesting things. Thanks for the keen eye with regard to the lines left by the lathe. I'll keep it as a novelty to share with my grandson when he gets old enough to begin his collection. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 09:14 am It's somewhat likely that this was half of a two-tailed coin. While many of them are made by dishing out one coin and grinding down another coin so the edge will be solid, they are also made by grinding two coins to half normal thickness then gluing them together. Report this Post to the Staff
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