double headed Kennedy half dollar

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  1. ryleigh

    ryleigh New Member

    can anyone please give my any information concerning the value of a 1964 double headed Kennedy half dollar?
    your help is appreciated
    Thanks
     
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  3. Chrysta Wilson

    Chrysta Wilson New Member

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this is almost certainly a trick coin, sold in magic or novelty shops. If you look close, there may be some kind of seam showing where the one coin was dug out and the other inserted. :(
     
  4. ryleigh

    ryleigh New Member

    My Father has had this coin since 1972 and there is no seam on it and it is Silver. he had received it with his change in a grocery store. Is there any possibility that it is real? anyone?
     
  5. Chrysta Wilson

    Chrysta Wilson New Member

  6. Jess

    Jess Senior Member

    :oops: If you spend it at the store .50 cents or sell it for silver value approximately $1.65 to dupe your friends priceless :twisted:
     
  7. laz

    laz New Member

    Your odds are about 100 million to one against your coin being a genuine Mint error.Most are indeed novelty coins.Here's a quick test.Get another Half Dollar from the same period,if it's Silver,get another regular Half from that era.Drop the Silver Half onto a counter top several times,and listed to the 'ring' of the coin as it hits the counter.Now try your novelty coin,and listen closely.It should be a dead thud compared to the ring of Silver.This is because there's a separation between the two sides.
    If it passes this test,you'll need a very good magnifing glass to closely examine the edges and rims of your Half.I don't think you'll need to go this far though.Here's a Error World article about two headed/tailed coins
    http://groups.msn.com/ErrorWorld/ismytwotailedcoinreal.msnw
    Don't feel bad,it fools lots of people.I recieve a couple requests per week on this very subject. ~ Jim
     
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  8. Koinluver

    Koinluver New Member

    I came across one at the flea market the other day in a plastic tub of mixed half dollars. I knew I couldn't be that lucky to get a true error coin such as that, but it makes a welcome addition to my errors/novelty/conversation piece album.
     
  9. Ethan

    Ethan Collector of Kennedy's

    Yeah I got fooled with one, thought I was paying off my mortgage...

    You see here was the obverse:
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    And here was the reverse....



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    Yes, it thuds.....heck you can flip it and hear the dull sound. Still it was one of the most exciting moments in my coin roll hunting...
     
  10. junkcollector

    junkcollector Junior Member

    It's a magicians coin inside sometimes you will find a Mexican copper 20 centavos coin a fine jewelers tool will open it up I've found a half dozen or so of these roll searching
     
  11. Rassi

    Rassi #GoCubs #FlyTheW #WeAreGood

    You can see the seam on the reverse....
     
  12. Nancy Knox

    Nancy Knox New Member

    We have a 1973 Kennedy dollar coin that is double sided my dad got it from the bank when he cashed his check. Any information would be greatly appreciated
     
  13. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    It's a magician's coin, they are sold in novelty stores.
     
  14. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    Has there even ever been a legit US mint double headed error
     
  15. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    not yet

    The hammer dies and the anvil dies are different shapes (one square, one round) just to prevent this from happening, either by accident or on purpose
     
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  16. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    That's what I was thinking just wasn't 100 percent sure. Out of everything to happen that seems like the one thing that shouldn't
     
  17. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Reviving 15 year old pointless threads. Priceless.
     
  18. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    @mikenoodle

    Yes, and there have been legitimate double tailed errors as well. And they don't just occur in the US either.

    Now a lot of the links are dead here -

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-rarities-2-heads-or-tails.14339/

    - but some of them still work. And for those that don't the information I provided in text should allow those who wish to track down other published stories regarding the coins to do so.

    But this link - http://www.uspatterns.com/182headincen.html - and this link -

    http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v04n30a11.html

    - will quickly show you that the coins do exist. And they have been known to exist for a long time.


    So ya see, sometimes there is a valid reason for reviving 15 year old threads ;)
     
  19. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    That actually was a very good revive. One of your links for Byers sight actually shows he has a two headed 2000 Jefferson for sale that was discovered last year. http://mikebyers.com/81049724.html
     
  20. Rassi

    Rassi #GoCubs #FlyTheW #WeAreGood

    How the heck can that be a MS65?
     
  21. ToppCatt

    ToppCatt ToppCatt

    It is probably a trick coin. Put it in a heavy glass or
    soup can and rattle it. It should separate into the two parts, main body and reverse. Part of a missing coin trick.
     
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