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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-25-2008, 08:32 PM   #1 (permalink) totherescue20 Junior Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Double sided Walking Liberty. I have in my possession a 1942 Walking Liberty. Oh, i should first say that i know almost nothing about U.S. coins, but would love to. So as i was saying, i have a 1942 walking liberty with what appears to be a big error. walking liberty is on both sides. Both sides are identical. I'm sorry if im doing a bad job explaining this. I just hope it wasn't a common mistake for 1942. I'm trying to take some good pictures of it if anyone has any tips for doing that im all ears.   06-25-2008, 09:07 PM   #2 (permalink) hontonai Registered Contrarian   Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,429 My Mood: I hate to burst your bubble, but you have a manufactured item, known as a "Magician's Coin", worth a couple of bucks at the outside. __________________ Ethical conduct is being honest when no one is watching.   06-25-2008, 11:52 PM   #3 (permalink) bqcoins You get what you pay for.     Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska/Iowa Posts: 4,760 My Mood: look for a seam on the side where the two halves are most likely glued together __________________ BQ Sometime Numismatic Consultant See my Bust Halves here: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid See my Holey coins here:http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...albumview=grid   06-26-2008, 02:39 AM   #4 (permalink) hontonai Registered Contrarian   Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,429 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by bqcoins look for a seam on the side where the two halves are most likely glued together Or even more likely a hairline just inside the rim on one side where one coin was hollowed out and a second one was milled down to fit inside. __________________ Ethical conduct is being honest when no one is watching.   06-26-2008, 10:24 AM   #5 (permalink) rhoggman Senior Member     Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 417 The coin is most likely 99.99999% as stated by previous posts. In the remote posibilty that the coin is genuine you are sitting on a small gold-mine. It is always fun to think about what kind of money something like that could bring if it were real. Maybe a couple hundred thousand? Enjoy the thought because it is likely more valuable than reality in this case.   06-26-2008, 10:25 AM   #6 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,658 Quote: Originally Posted by rhoggman The coin is most likely 99.99999% as stated by previous posts. In the remote posibilty that the coin is genuine you are sitting on a small gold-mine. Or a large gold mine. .000001% is too high a chance. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   06-26-2008, 02:13 PM   #7 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,446 Quote: .000001% is too high a chance. Yeah, with 72,769,800 half dollars made that year there would be 73 of them floating around and they would probably have been reported long before now. __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   06-26-2008, 03:32 PM   #8 (permalink) rhoggman Senior Member     Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 417 Quote: Originally Posted by Conder101 Yeah, with 72,769,800 half dollars made that year there would be 73 of them floating around and they would probably have been reported long before now. I knew flunking math was going to come back to haunt me one day.   06-26-2008, 03:55 PM   #9 (permalink) totherescue20 Junior Member   Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 does anyone have pictures that give examples of these cracks where the coin was cut in half. Cause im looking at it and i just do see anything like that. who knows.   06-26-2008, 04:10 PM   #10 (permalink) walterallen Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Anderson, SC Posts: 1,105 My Mood: The seam to the halves could be in different places, but I assure you it is there. Obverse dies are made to fit only the hammer side of the press. When you see a double sided coin you see a "trick" coin for sure. Silver is at 10X face and more. Keep it its neat! Keep on Collecting!!! Allen __________________ Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Man   06-26-2008, 09:07 PM   #11 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,447 My Mood: 1 word , impossible = no chance in a million . Sorry . rzage __________________ Instant Karmas gonna Get you:John Lennon ANA member #R3146234   06-26-2008, 09:28 PM   #12 (permalink) Magman U.S. Money Collector     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,017 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by rzage 1 word , impossible = no chance in a million . Sorry . rzage or is it?   06-26-2008, 09:43 PM   #13 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,503 It's not impossible, but it's certainly highly improbable. There are 3 or 4 doubled headed/tailed US coins that I know to exist. That's it, out of hundreds of billions of coins that have been minted. There are quite a few more among the coins of other nations, but we are talking US. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   06-26-2008, 09:51 PM   #14 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,447 My Mood: Wrong Again Quote: Originally Posted by Magman or is it? I'll eat GDs hat . my bad . rzage __________________ Instant Karmas gonna Get you:John Lennon ANA member #R3146234   06-27-2008, 06:21 AM   #15 (permalink) deadmunny Member   Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 80 http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=2&gl=us   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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