coin with dime on one side and penny on the other

I've seen the merc and wheat combo..thought it was cool...

 

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I found one as well been researching say it is a mule coin

 

Ok guys I am new at this but I found one as well it has no date it's feels real but very thin thinner than a dime but same size as dime it has everything on it as a dime side but on penny side it has everything but there is no space between the outside lettering and edge of coin. I was researching it on line found a article from the Washington Post about this type of coin found and it was determined real it had a date though they called it a mule

 

Unfortunately yours is not a true Mule. It's an altered coin...

A true Mule Mint Error is when they use 2 different Dies from 2 different denominations to strike a coin. It always has the same metal and not 2 different metals such as yours.

Here are examples of Mule Mint Errors (not my coins)
http://www.coinfacts.com/error_coins/mules/1999_cent_dime_mule.htm




http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-co...ctions-numismatics-coin-collecting-hobby.html

 

I just found a coin just like that.. so it's worthless is wat u saying

 

I just found a coin just like that.. so it's worthless is wat u saying

 

Yes. If they are 2 coins ground down and attached together then definitely worthless.

 

Due to the picture of the edge showing a cent edge, the dime was machined on the outside and the reeds removed the face was probably also removed, but that may not have been necessary since the dime is thinner than the cent. The cent had the face machined off with the edge being left. You should see a small seam on the outside of the dime side where the bright nickel color meets the copper color. This is a somewhat common modified coin. If you weighed it, it probably would not match a normal cent or dime weight.

 

It is also called a 'magician coin' as that is how many are sold on novelty sites for amateur magicians. The are $5 or so if that is your area, with some specialist ( better done) coins as much as $30. Some do collect them just for fun. But of no value numismatics. Keep it to inform others. Jim

 

My brother got a new truck that he said 'would stop on a dime and give you nine cents change.' This must be one of his.

 

My Dad was an amateur magician and had a similar coin he used in a trick. The trick starts with what appears to be two coins and ends with the two different faced coins together as one like yours. To separate them he put them in a sturdy glass or cup and shook it.

 

There is a machinist online who makes these "mules". He hollows out the Sacagawea, removes the reeding from the quarter and he is so precise the quarter snaps tightly into the Sacagawea. He doesn't sell them as mules and he leaves the quarter silver and the Sac gold toned so he is not breaking any laws.

 

ok. I have found a coin in my uncles belongings which I know not to be counterfeit because he died in 1980. It is a penny on one side and back of dime on the other. It's similar to both dime n penny but still neither.

 

Did you read any of the past posts on this thread? Any Dime and Cent can be altered to be what you have. It has been done for decades.

 

I’ve always wondered what the world did before machinists. Personally, I could have sworn that generations of my family were machinists prior to 1980, but my parents could have been total liars...

 

So no counterfeits were made prior to 1980?

 

Those who say these are worthless are wrong. They retail new at ten bucks in magic shops and are an easy sell for $5 as a curiosity. I find them in junk bins.

 

Hmmm..I am stumped how that happended? But congrats you. MAY have a valuable 'mint error' coin. There is a mint error coin app you can download. Regarding the magic shop comment, unless your relative was a magician by trade, this kind of unusual error does happen. Also, look up magicians coins online and investigate if it is indeed just a magicians trinket. Who know your relative could have gotten it from Houdini himself.

 

Anyone can observe 2 coins ground down and glued together. Get REAL