Hello, One side is the winged liberty head dime dated 1944. The other side is a one cent wheat ears design. It's fairly thin and is definately one solid coin. I can't find anything in books or online about a coin like this. Does anyone know anything about this? Is it probable that this coin is a fake? Any thought would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Lauren
First, Welcome to the Forum Camaleonte!!!! :hail: A search on magicians coins should land you a detailed answer But in short, what you have is two coins that have been machined down to be the same diameter, half the thickness, and then stuck together. Trick coins like this are quite common, though yours may be a bit older given the age of the coins used. Fun find
I had an uncle who machined trick coins for kids in Iowa. Usually stuck to double heads double tails kind of thing, no inter species breeding like in the pictures, but that is a poorly machined one as Mikjo0 said, that is a nasty seam
I agree, this is a magician's coin. But to answer your question - yes such coins are possible. Genuine examples of what that coin looks like do exist. But they are few and far between.
Hi, It is a part of a magicians coin. There would be no genuine examples of a coin that is bronze on one side and silver on the other that I am aware of I have a piece just like that one with a (I Think) a 1927 ten-cent coin being used. Have Fun, Bill
I wasn't meaning to imply there was Bill. But there are genuine examples of coins struck as a dime on one side and a cent on the other. But no - they are not on a planchet of 2 different metals.
I have a similar coin. Roosevelt dime Doing some research on it, I was told that during the cold war. Russians would take two coins, grind them down, place microfilm between them and glue them together. Easy passage through airports etc.. I have never tried to pry mine apart to verify this but its an interesting conversation piece now. The seam in mine is very obvious, found it odd that it was in circulation for as long as it was though.
