whuile going through a $100 box of nickels I came across the most unusial nickel yet. I was looking through nickels and watching tv I came across a worn nickel with a d on the reverse. I filped it over to see the date not paying attention then looked down and the coin was reverse again only with out the d. questioningmy sanity i fliped it again reverse again with a d mint mark. I have heard of two headed coins but not two reverse coins. It is exactly like the other reverses mint mark and not checking it out the reverse would make an (X) if you could see through it . takiing pictures wouldn't do it could be said that it was pictures of two coins . is it posible a error or an old joke . Has any one seen one tike this or have any ideas ? Is it posible to be minted at two mints or one mint to have dies from other mints ? help?
this coin is well worn and looks like most of the fifties that i have found. Definatly not some thing used ocasionaly.
It's not uncommon for these coins to find their way into circulation, and the truth of the matter is that the vast majority of people never even look at their change... not even to count it and make sure it's correct. So who knows how long it's been out there. I found a quarter about 6 years ago. It was sitting on a shelf in a handful of change I had dropped there. The sun was hitting the change, and something didn't look right about this one coin. I picked it up and looked at it. 1987 Washington... nothing unusual. Rolled it around in my fingers a few times. Looked down again... Nothing unusual, a 1981 Washington. Wait, 1981? Flipped it back over 1987... Upon very close inspection, I was able to discern where the 1987 had been milled out and the 1981 had been cut down to fit inside. By all initial appearances, it was simply a well circulated quarter. As I understand it, there is no way for an accidental to head/tail coin to be produced as the upper and lower dies fit the press differently... I may be wrong though, as I am about many things.
Look at your coin under the highest magnification available to you. If it was manufactured the usual way, you will see the fine line just inside the rim on one side that revaals one made the way Check_M_All described. The less common method involves planing down two coins to one-half thickness, then glueing them together. In that case there will either be a fine line around the middle of the edge, or the coin will be very slightly undersize from the work done to smooth out and hide that line.
2 halves thanks for the info .I looked at the edge with a 5x glass and there is a very fin line line not seen by the naked line. A another coin for my oddity box.
FYI: I gave my son a wheat cent (obv) with a merc (obv) on the other side. Net Magician's coin. He had it for years in his wallet, then accidently spent it. So, they are truly out there. P.S. If anyone finds it, it belongs to my son. Thanks
Used to be a magic type store near me and they had both the two headed and two tailed coins available. The guy there said that so many people knew of the fake two headed stuff, that magicians began requesting the two tailed veriety. By the way you'ld be surprized at how many cups of coffee I've won when flipping for who pays.
