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New Member
United States
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Recently I found a 1971 Kennedy half dollar that seemed to be hollow. Upon closer inspection I found that the coin was weird. The reverse of the coin could freely spin if you held the collar as if it were free floating. I then discovered the "free floating" part could be separated from the obverse and collar. I did this and found that on the inside was another obverse of a 1966 British Large Penny with the reverse being your standard U.S. Half Dollar reverse. I'm not really sure what this means if anything. I don't know if this is a real mistake, a novelty or what. If anyone could shine any light on the matter I would really appreciate it.   The coin came apart into two separate pieces. The shell (the kennedy obverse and the collar are one piece) and the "coin" (which has the British large penny obverse on one side and the Eagle on the reverse). Both images to the left are of the "shell". Both images on the right are of the same piece. The obverse (which was hidden inside the shell) and the reverse which was visable. |
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New Member
 United States
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Sorry about the quality of the pic. I used a scanner and this was the best I could come up with. The alignment of the coins was not perfect (they moved a little bit when closed the lid).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2520 Posts |
Looks like a "James Bond" coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
I think it's a trick show novelty!
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
I figured that more than likely this coin was fake or a novelty, but all the same I thought this was a pretty cool find. I will try to put some more pics up soon. I'm going to take it to my local coin shop and see what they think. I've seen fake coins before but not like this. My first impression was that maybe it was a spy coin like ratman suggested and if that's the case I'm cool with that too. After all, I only paid 50 cents for it.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Is your bottom pic reversed, or is the writing on the half dollar actually a mirror image?
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
I just reversed it so that the pics would be in alignment from top to bottom. Sorry about that. I didn't even realize it was like that. Good catch.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
It's a Magician's coin. They are very common and can be bought at any magic shop for around $10. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
they make them by grinding out the core of a Kennedy half and replacing it with a foreign coin, usually an old mexican peso or british penny as they are almost the diameter of a half dollar and fit well into the grinded out space. They can occasionally be found in circulation. I hate finding one half without the other, a half a half dollar is not a fun site to see. -XoG |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sometimes the coin on the inside is an older 20 centavos of Mexico. As stated, it is a " Magician's coin" used to mysteriously change the coin from one type to another:-) Have Fun, Bill |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for the input everyone. You were all right. I took it to my local coin shop and he told me the same thing. Kind of a bummer but still a pretty cool find all the same. Definitely not what I had expected to find. Maybe I'll get luck next time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You'll probably find that a well concealed magnet in hand will lift the "lid" off to expose the Penny inside. I have a box that I can place a Wheat cent in and when you lift the lid of the box a Mercury dime appears. The copper looking Wheat cent sticks to the top part of the box. |
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Posted 06/04/2009 01:33 am
