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 to the community The coin just doesn't look right to me, I think it's a fake. In any event if it is real it doesn't have any value other than melt. If you glue all three pieces back together you will have 50 cents  |
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If it is real it's worth the weight of the silver content.
Maybe from a magic trick or something?
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If was from a older man born early 1900's. Some of his stuff is still laying around and happen to find this. It was in a small leather pouch. Nothing else in it but this. Here's another side angle. I don't even know how to describe it. Take a look. http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/...af3be1f4.jpg |
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Someone was playing around with a band saw, the three pieces together should be a bit lighter than a whole coin.
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It looks to me to be a real 1942 Walking Liberty half dollar that someone decided to cut into three pieces (probably with a Water-Jet cutter with a fine nozzle). And I agree with Echizento that your three pieces are worth only the silver melt value, (but on ebay, you never know...) On a personal level, I think it's kind of cool! Certainly something you don't see everyday! and to the Forum! Edited by Moe145
11/30/2010 3:08 pm
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upstate got it. It's a real half, cut along curves that won't be very noticeable. The groove around the rim is the key. You can make this functional again with one of those tiny rubber bands sometimes used to hold eyeglass temples tight against the head.
Stretch the band around the assembled coin in the rim slot. Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of the hat I mean watch me show you a real half, palm it, fold this one in thirds and force it into a beer bottle, where the rubber band will spring it back to flat in the bottom of the bottle.
-Magical Fred
PS- If you have a magic shop nearby, get a scotch and soda. It's the best coin trick ever, a five year old can do it, it's infinitely reusable (unless you screw up and spend it), and it's a great way to hand out worthless foreign coins while blowing people's minds.
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Biggfredd had the answer. So now I don't have to post it.
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Moe- Nothing that sophisticated. Jeweler's saw with a quintuple ought blade. A pro can knock one of these out in ten minutes. Used to be a guy in Michigan who would take your Mercury dimes and return just the head and rim cut out. You got jewelry, he kept the silver (then about 5x face). |
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Biggfredd had the answer. Interesting! I like it! Thank you.  (and a quintuple ought blade! I like the sound of that!) |
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It is a "magic" Walking Liberty half dollar. The coin was cut with a jeweler's saw into pieces. When placed together the cuts are practically undetectable. A fine groove was machined around the circumference. A thin rubber band is placed in the groove to hold the coin together. When the two sides are pressed toward the middle piece, the sides turn perpendicular to the center, i.e. raking on a "channel" shape. The coin then can fit into the mouth of a bottle as part of a magic trick. When the pressure is released the coin springs back to its original shape. These coins can still be found in magic shops around the country today, but are almost always Kennedy halves. Your coin below was proably made in the 50′s. |
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50 cent, didn't biggfredd just say that?
Edited by Adam_E
11/30/2010 4:52 pm
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Thanks for the replys. I'll use some of my "braces" rubber bands.
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It looks like it was cut with some type of laser? It is only worth the .90 silver total silver weight in melt value now. Before if was cut apart is was worth .50 plus intrinsic collector's value.
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Posted 11/30/2010 1:43 pm
