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CKBCoin New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 12:56 pm What is this cut out nickel with penny on reverse and inside? Report this Post to the Staff

CentSation Pillar of the Community United States 713 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 1:05 pm Interesting but, just a novelty. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 1:33 pm It is called a magicians' coin. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 2:02 pm @ck, first welcome to CCF. Second, while this nickel has no numismatic value, it is a fun find and worth saving both pieces in a 2x2.@john is correct that you have a so-called Magician's coin. "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
LuckyPunk New Member United States 48 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 2:13 pm Cool, did you find that in change? Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 2:31 pm Interesting novelty but fin thr end, just post mint damage. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 97546 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 5:02 pm Finally we get to see a Magicians coin in its component pieces.. Very nice. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Edited by Dearborn 07/17/2022 7:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CKBCoin New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 6:08 pm I found this at an estate sale. Thanks for the information! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 6:23 pm What did it cost you? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 7:44 pm So, the smaller portion has the remnants of the nickel obverse on one side, and a penny obverse on the other? Clever. This is, definitively, a Magician's coin, and not a "spy coin" or a "lover's locket" or any other possible explanation for a hollowed-out coin, as only a magician would need the penny-head there. How do magicians turn a nickel into a penny, or vice-versa? Now you know. It also clearly shows that two different 1976 nickels had to be sacrificed to make it - there are two distinctly different mintmarks, one on each piece. Presumably this piece is now too "worn out" to fool anybody in a magic show. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
JTCC Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 07/17/2022 9:51 pm I agree, Magicians coin. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189417 Posts	Posted 07/18/2022 5:01 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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