KING GEORGE V COINS BOTH SIDES HEAD HAVE ANY ONE SEEN THIS OR HEARD ABOUT IT ITS A SILVER COIN NO YEAR MENTIONED IN IT
It is probably 2 coins sliced apart and heads glued together. I have never seen a KING GEORGE V in that configuration, but I have seen plenty of silver dollars like that. Heads I win, Tails you lose. Regards, King_George_Va
I recently saw MANY so-called "magician's coins" for sale on an eBay site in the UK, including King George. Steve
The lettering and portrait is reversed on one side. I can't tell from the images: is the design raised, like it is on the "normal" side, or is it incuse (sunken in or recessed, like the opposite of the normal side?) My first thought, like everyone else's, was that you had a "magician's coin" made from the obverse side of two different pieces. But with one side of your coin being a "mirror image" like that, I wonder if it isn't a brockage or similar error. The mirror-image side would be incuse on a brockage. You should find your CAPS LOCK key and turn off ALL CAPS.
It looks like it could be a brockage error. An accurate weight and diameter would help. You may have something good but don't get your hopes up just yet.
The picture looks like the letters and portrait are incuse and that's what I would expect from a brockage error. If the OP can provide a weight and diameter, we can track down the country and denomination. Based on the legend, I think it is from India (half rupee or rupee???). If the weight and diameter match, and it can be confirmed that the design elements are incuse, then I can't think of a way for the coin to be altered. Can't be pressed if the dia is OK and the normal obv looks undistorted and in a higher grade. If it was machined like a magician's coin, then it's unlikely the weight will be correct (plus I don't know how someone would form the incuse side with that much detail in the first place). Since you can't tell from the pic, It would help to get some close ups of the edge and rims to confirm it wasn't machined, but if an accurate weight check shows it to correct, then someone went to a lot of trouble or got very lucky to hit it. If you have some theories on how this was altered, let me know. I've seen lots of altered pieces in my years in the hobby as well as posted on CT and I think my reasoning is pretty sound, but am always looking to learn more in case I missed something.
Hmmm. I have to say, when I saw the two heads, it was like two and two make four for a magician's coin. But one of these chums is facing the wrong way.
Yes. The "mirror image" aspect of one side is intriguing. I can't tell from the pictures if the "backwards" side is also incuse, but if it is, we might be looking at a brockage, here. Which would be cool. But that remains as yet unconfirmed.
I googled King George Brockage and they exist http://www.2-clicks-coins.com/article/what-is-an-error-coin-in-coin-collecting.html @lordmarcovan @Oldhoopster @eddiespin
https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2855&category=58664&lot=2391080 @lordmarcovan @Oldhoopster @King_George_Va
