Here's a new section that no-one else has thought of.It is about coins that are both wrong-sized & off metal.Someone has already mentioned about an American Jefferson nickel 5c. struck on a 1c. planchet.This is an example of a coin that is both a wrong-sized coin,as the 1c. planchet is too small for the design of the nickel 5c.,& an off-metal coin,as nickel 5c. coins are not supposed to be struck on 1c. planchets.If you have got a coin that is both wrong-sized & off-metal,please scan it on both sides & post it here.
I have found a 1947 US Eisenhower dime that has copper 1 cent on reverse side. Is this a real mint error?
we'd need to see some pictures, this seems very suspicous mainly because eisenhower has never been on the dime... ><
Sorry...I meant Roosevelt, not Eisenhower...(I am new to this). I will try to scan pics and post them.
Hello Mark, If the cent side is copper & the dime side is silver color, then what you have is 1/2 of a magician's coin trick. The other half would be the other side of the cent with a recess cavity which your "coin" would neatly fit into. Sorry to report that it has no value as a collectable coin but if you had both halves, it would sell for about $20 at a magic shop. Very best regards, collect89
I believe you are correct. The dime side is silver Roosevelt head; the cent side is copper. Your description matches what I read on the Heritage Auction site for a mule coin...a magicians trick coin. Interestingly enough, in my research I ran across this posting, which would indicate that if both sides were silver, (or copper), then I might have a real treasure. http://www.coinresource.com/guide/exhibit/LincolnMule.htm No such luck for me. Thank you very much for answering my questions.
It's a novelty or fantasy piece. I had one, but sold it. I called it the 11-cent coin Worth whatever you can sell it for; a few dollars.
Yours was made the same as mine -- the rims were shaved off the cent to make it the same diameter as the dime. When you look at the edge, is it one color, or can you see the two metals coming together? If you see two colors, the creator of this piece sanded down the coins to approximately half of their original thickness before binding them together. If you see one color, then a lathe was used to grind out the interior of one of the coins, and the other coin was dropped inside.
