Hi, I am brand new to the forum and have a question...(silly or not?) Have anyone of you ever seen or heard of a coin that has a dime on the front and a penny on the back? I had inherited a small coin collection form an uncle who passed away 10 years ago and haven't gone through it until now. I came across a 1917 mercury dime (or at least I thought that's what it was until I turned it over). On the back is a small copper wheat penny and this is ONE coin! What is it?
I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean. I know next to nothing about coins and am looking for help. What is a mule? Thanks, Dottie
He´s refering to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_(coin) But this does not apply to your coin as there are two metals on the same coin. Two coins have been put together Hope this answers your question.
I doubt that I could get a close up of the edge, but it looks as though it is mostly siver with just a touch of copper on the one side.Could someone have put the two coins together somehow? It is very thin.
Magician's coins come up in the forum occasionally. I used to perform magic in my early years and had a number of altered coins for different tricks. The most common are the two-headed coins and the double-denomination coins (which should have one more piece to complete the illusion). These are always neat to find. Some of these can be quite costly as well so you shouldn't be too disappointed to find out you have one.
Hopefully you are kidding right? It's actually half a merc glued or soldered to half a lincon cent and technically only worth 10 cents or 1 cent depending upon which side is up when its spent. In other words, no mumismatic value unless you can convince some newbie that it's authentic and was given to your Uncle by the Easter Bunny!
I have a Lincoln cent that has been turned on a lathe so that the recess will accept a dime. The copper edge is not easily seen at a distance so it was good for kid level magic tricks. I do not know if it was for magic tricks or an exercise in precision lathe work just to prove you could. My photo shows it with a very worn dime since new ones can be hard to get out. It was precision work.
Yep, looks like I was a bit hasty again. I personally try for perfection in coins and never got into error coins. Thus my error.
Someone brought one to our coin club meeting Tuesday night. Wheat cent on one side and a clad Roosie on the other side.
Cool yes, rare not even close. You can buy them by the dozen in novelty shops, in just about any denomination you want.
