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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 16520, member: 1113&quot;]Hi Donna, </p><p><br /></p><p>First of all...welcome!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is certainly a novelty coin produced outside the Mint (using pieces from two different coins) and has only novelty value and the value of the silver in the coin, but no numismatic value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until recently, it was believed that there were no authentic, Mint-issued &quot;two-headed coin&quot; errors.&nbsp; However, in recent years, one coin -- an 1859 Indian head cent -- has been found with two &quot;heads&quot; and has been generally judged as an authentic piece as struck by the Philadelphia Mint.&nbsp; The consensus is that this isn&#039;t a true mint &quot;error&quot; because it was most likely deliberately struck by some joker at the mint in 1859.&nbsp; But as a genuine piece as struck at the mint, it still has plenty of numismatic value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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