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« on: September 15, 2010, 07:46:59 pm »
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Ok folks, I decided to try a different type of search and if you like to join, you are welcome. GD gave me the idea that my coin (about the size of a half dollar) could have been a mint test or even an error, either purposely made or a real mint press error. I found a few articles on double headed or tailed coins and there is a possibility that many of those coins, also known as magician coins are fake. Real ones may be produced in a press to be sold to collectors. So, real ones do exist, but the possibility of them going into circulation is basically null. See the article below:

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The thing is that a real double headed or obverse coin has the distinctive feature that the other obverse side is rotated 180 degrees by the press, whereas fake coins are cut in half and then "glued" together by a milling machine (as seen in the article) leaving out fine but visible seams. My coin is double headed and the other side is rotated 180 degrees. I'm planning to place it under a microscope to look for possible seam lines. My biggest problem is that I have not been able to locate a picture of the obverse shown in my coin. More info to come later

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2010, 01:54:11 pm »
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Without a date and denomination, it's not likely to be a real coin that has been milled and glued. Double headed novelty coins have indeed been around for years and the thought crossed my mind briefly. You do have an honest to goodness mystery on your hands there.

Do you have a scale that you can weight it on? If not, take it to the grocery store and use the produce scale. A random thought just occurred to me that it might be a bullion coin. Those are coins manufactured to look like or look similar to genuine coins but are 1oz (Troy) of gold. I have a few dozen silver bullion coins like that but none of them have the same image on both sides.

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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2010, 07:30:23 pm »
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GD you have been very helpful. No it is not a bullion coin it weights 9.47 g = 0.334044 oz. and it really sounds like a single coin when let fall to the ground. Upon careful observation, I was unable to see any seams around the edge or inside it. This medal or coin, whatever it is, was made double headed for some reason. However, all the articles I have read on those coins indicate that they are either fake (magician coins) or apprentice made on purpose to practice their job. Yet, some experts also say that real ones do exist, but not in circulation, at least not in the US. My saga to crack this mystery continues  Rider!

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