I have a 2011 d nickel that its the same date bothsides. There is no seam on neither side of the coi

On another thread about a magician's coin someone posted a link to a video showing a person making such a coin. Personally, given the level of sophistication with measuring devices and the quality in equipment, I believe anyone with the patience and wherewithal to make such a coin, can.

Fred wasn't telling you to have it checked out... Don't put those words in his mouth. You cannot use that as an excuse when the coin is determined to be a magician's coin worth a few dollars. Fred was telling you it is a magician's coin. You did not believe him so he let you know that if you chose to send it in and Fred was wrong, he would pay for the cost of attribution. I'm thinking Fred is not a betting man and has only made such agreement with coins many, if not all of the seasoned and experienced "error" coin collectors say is not an error. Fred is not going to say, "yeah Rob, I think your coin is an error coin... send it in and I'll pay for it." It is not a challenge but rather a warning... IMO.

Fred, if you see me post, please correct me if I am wrong and due apologies will be bestowed upon you, my kind sir.

Let's assume the coin is a legit, from the mint double obverse... In that case it would have had to have been manipulated that way. Not part of a normal minting run. If that were the case then it would not be an error but an intentional creation.

Just my thoughts.

~Rob

 

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In what part of the minting process would such a thing occur as an error? I suppose an employee at a mint can make such a coin there, let's assume, but it would not be an error.

~Rob

 

There it is!!

Thanks Lake!

~Rob

 

I appreciate you posting the video that was a really a cool way of making a double headed coin and I do have a double headed coin myself but the nickel does not have a seam and you can't pop it apart only way I can think of it being a fake if it was a struck counterfeit fake but who would waste their time on a nickel and put two heads on it it's not milled out as that coin was there's no Edge that shows as it is being pressed together thank you for your thoughts in the video it is greatly appreciate it and I am not asking mr. Fred Weinberg to pay for anything I can take care of that myself then I don't need to be reimbursed for any money I just want to find out if this thing is 100% real or is it say fake because if it is a fake they did one hell of a job and it would had to be a struck counterfeit fake using to obverse faces

 

So, again @David1611 this is a fake two headed coin, whether you can get it apart or not. The seam is present. Even if you don't believe it, the evidence is there.

 

I found an obverse magician's nickel in my grandfather's collection, as well as a reverse magician's nickel. You can tell it was created some time ago. From watching the video, and with the tolerances of today's technology such coins can be created to a degree the seam would virtually disappear. Milling equipment is far more readily available to individuals, rather then minting equipment in order to "strike" such a magician's coin. As I've said before, even if such coins were made in/from the various mints they would not be errors... They would be creations. How does the saying go? If you have exhausted all other possibilities the most simple explanation, no matter how improbable, is the solution. The most simple explanation is someone milled (not minted) your coin, no matter how improbable that seems in your mind.

~Rob

 

Occams razor goes something like Usually the simplest explanation turns out to be the right explanation.