Doubled headed nickel error Real or Fake

I found a double heads nickel, It has two different dates and mints. 1 side has 1980-P, other side has 1989-D. Is that even possible, or is that a dead giveaway that it's fake ?
I would love yall's opinion on this coin. I did put it in coin holder before taking pictures so hopefully the glare (if any) dosen't get in the way in the pictures...

 

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Fake. You can see the seam on the 1989D side. Put it in a jar or something with a lid and shake it. Both pieces should separate.

 

I know of one attributed double headed nickel. Most likely mint employee assisted.

But examples such as yours is either a novelty item such a magicians coin.
It is altered. Two different dates is a dead giveaway.

 

magicians coin, I found one a few years back

 

Here's the seam @furryfrog02 was talking about..

 

Magicians coin, THere is more than one company that makes a number of different types and styles. the different dates have to do with the pater (story) that goes along with the trick.
If you google them you will get any number of them. And you might be surprised at what they cost new.

 

The guy who lost it had to pay for his drink that night...

 

It looks something like this when you open it..

 

It's not really possible, as you need 2 obverse dies.
There is a 1 in a billion chance it could happen by accident, but it is involved.
(Another coin is stuck in there, the coin that was struck obverse only was not ejected, flips around and is struck a second time on the reverse with the obverse die again while the second coin screens it. Not likely.)
The 2 most likely scenarios are clandestine mint worker assisted as Paddy mentioned, or a fake coin that was intentionally designed and built to have 2 heads.

 

That was my guess. But wouldn't Monticello be somewhere

 

I can see you with a mint job and really pulling out all the stops. Errors a plenty to break up the day. Maybe a kennedy cent

 

Love ya paddyman. And nice kit. Who ever tells you to get a life. Don't know ya

 

Make that two planchets enter the press at the same time and are struck. The lower piece stays in the collar while the upper flips over and returns to the collar and the press strikes again. That could make a two sided coin, BUT. with two planchets in the collar the upper one probably will not fit down inside the collar completely so after the first strike it will have one face but also a partial collar strike. Then if that happens and the upper one flips over, with that partial collar it won't fit back down into the collar so the centering will most likely be messed up on the second strike and the edge will be mangled.

 

Brilliant simply Brilliant

 

i was looking online and stumbled on this conversation, I recently inherited my grandparents estate and found a coin and bill collation. stuff I have no idea about, i found a 1979 double headed nickel, I don't know if its real, I've checked I don't see a seem. idk

 

I stumbled upon a coin and bill collection my grandparents had, which i recently inherited i found a double headed 1979 nickel. cant see a seem but i also have no experience with coins or collecting them. real or fake? has this happened in that mint year?

 

Post up a picture of both sides, but again no 2 headed nickels were produced at the mint.

 

i will right now
thanks

 

just as a follow on, I am 99% sure I have read here at ct that the obverse die will only fit in its place and the same for the reverse. Definitely would take some help from an employee to get the same side in both spots in the press.

 

I Appreciate the information, now just need to figure out how to upload pictures.