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Seated Liberty Half Dollar - 2 Obverse - Is This A Joke?

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 Posted 01/26/2011  11:17 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add christopher walton to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Going through my dad's album of American coins, there are some interesting things. This is among them - 2 obverse, 1877 on one side and 1875 on the other. Is there any way this might be 'real'?

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 Posted 01/26/2011  12:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add christopher walton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry, false alarm. I just noticed the seam on parts of the edge. I sincerely apologize for not noticing it before!
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 Posted 01/26/2011  12:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add christopher walton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I thought I had looked for a seam, but I guess, a) I didn't look, b) I missed it, or c) need new glasses.

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 Posted 01/26/2011  12:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mycrob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very interesting two-headed coin and the seams are well-done. Still has silver content though!
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 Posted 01/26/2011  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add christopher walton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
mycrob .... thank you for your, ah, generosity. I really feel stupid for not noticing the seam. Oh well, lesson learned - take more time, take things slower.
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 Posted 01/26/2011  12:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jimineez to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Now that is unique, I wonder when it was made/altered?
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 Posted 01/26/2011  1:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add christopher walton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
jimineez .... I know where the coin has been for 40 years or so and from the quality of the join, I KNOW my dad didn't do it. Someone was serious when they did this one. The seam is almost invisible in a couple of places, the milling lines up and there is wear and some nicks that go across the seam line. Looks like someone had a serious agenda when they did this.
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 Posted 01/26/2011  1:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just goes to show that two headed trick coins have been around for a LONG time. I have an 1806 two headed large cent that has been created in the same manner.
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Nicely cutedd !
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 Posted 01/26/2011  8:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Drsandman2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh wow, what a shame!
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