The coin counter spit this out yesterday. It sounds *very* different when dropped (rather "dull" sounding). It weighs 11.0 grams. Edit: Wikipedia gives these weight (no tolerance deltas, though): Copper-nickel clad: 11.34 g 40% silver clad: 11.50 g 90% silver: 12.50 g I think I see a crack running around the outside edge of the reverse? 1) Is it a trick coin? 2) If so, any tips on opening it? I found another a few months ago, but it had a British penny as the back, do it was rather obvious. And easier to open.
they are usually glued, try soaking in acetone... i gave my dad a two headed quarter that he left in his pocket and it went thru the wash and it came out separated, could try that...
@Dougmeister Stick it in a container and shake the coin around a bit hard and the shell and other part come apart. That's how I separate my magicians coins It was how the magic shop owner taught me.
I have a hollow 89D magician's Kennedy that weighs 7.51g. It came with a ring that supports the rim of the hollowed out shell. When rapped on a table the top pops out.
This. But I use a small wood box. Why wood? Because if you dent it it's done! But it works well and should at least slightly seperate it so you can use an exact blade as a wedge to get it fully seperated.
I have an Ike dollar that does the same thing, with the same ring. They arent magician coins like op's. They were made to imitate coins supposedly used by cold war spies to smuggle micro films and other small things.
My credit union gave me one a few weeks back, came from their coin machine. There is a place in California (can't think of name) that sells a plastics ring that allows to open it. I am not sure why these are turning up in coin machines because this place sells them for $17.00 each!
Got it opened... finally! Tried the acetone soak... didn't work (by itself). Tried shaking it inside a cardboard box (couldn't find a wooden one)... didn't work. Tried "swishing it in a circular motion" in a glass with some water in it. That plus the acetone soak (to loosen the glue) raised the inner piece just enough that I could grab it with an xacto knife.
Just slam the obverse, (face), of the coin down flat on a table or any other hard surface. Repeat until it pops open, I just found one roll hunting and that's what worked for me. Now I'm just mind boggled how this ended up in a fed wrapped roll when it weighs 1 gram less than a normal half dollar. Also I got skunked on the 3 boxes we went through and it definitely seemed like someone already searched these, there weren't even any NIFC's in there and paper separating some of the coins.
