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This would be really funny if it was made at the mint. Would they fire someone if that person accidentally let this happen?
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It can't happen at the mint - reverse and obverse dies aren't interchangeable.
@vermontensium I think the seam is on the first image. You can see it inside the rim especially around the L in Liberty and around the date.
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it cant happen, no matter how hard you try it wont happen.
it has to be fake. the other way of making it is hollowing out the reverse of 1 coin and taking of the edge of another and then fit the coins together
EDIT: rollhunter beat me to it, LOL
Edited by Adam_E
12/05/2010 10:12 am
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I see what you mean rollhunter, I'll have to study it further  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Why didn't you post pics of the reverse ? |
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I'm thinking about sending it to SGS  I can see it now, 1964 50C "Double-Head" MS70 swcoin.ecrater.com
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Whoever made it did an excellent job. I can't see a seam.
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I found a magic coin like that months back. I dropped the
coin a few times on a piece of wood. The coin will come apart.
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It sounds "muffled" when you drop on a hardwood table unlike the "cling" of a normal 90%er.
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Nice you can make at fortune at a game of "heads or tails" :)
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Remember, when such coins are made that the "seam" isn't on the edge, it would be too obvious there. What is normally done is one coin is hollowed out and the other is ground down, removing the rim. The seam is at the edge of the field at the base of the rim. It looks to me that it might be on the first image. There appears to be a solder line at the rim to field junction but you need to magnify this area better on both sides to tell which side it is on for sure.
Edited by clairhardesty
12/05/2010 2:59 pm
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Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Yes, very well made example! I think I see the seem along the rim of the first picture.
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no matter how long I stare at the coin I can't find the seam. quality job.
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 That is pretty sweet, nice addition to a coin collection. do you mind me asking how you acquired it, that is how does someone get something like that? (probably ebay)
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Posted 12/05/2010 10:09 am
