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<p>[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 493138, member: 15588"]A 2-headed coin from recent times would be impossible, wouldn't it? Aren't both sides now struck at once? It would take a HUGE error (or an intentional event) to make one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago I was at a small coin shop (which sadly closed) and a bedazzled person came in. I was rummaging through some books and he walked up to me and said "do you collect coins?" I said "yeah." Then he showed me a Kennedy half - I don't remember the year. Then he turned it over and exposed a second "heads" side. Not wanting to diffuse him I said "Hm!" and continued rummaging. Thinking he had a great rarity, he berated the shop owner and said "a friend of mine looked at it under a scope and couldn't find anything unusual!" The owner nonchanlantly grabbed it and, within 5 seconds, pointed at the rather obvious seam. Then he said "it's impossible because both sides are struck at once." I kept my distance, but the guy left silently.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure every coin shop owner has a story like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ewomack, post: 493138, member: 15588"]A 2-headed coin from recent times would be impossible, wouldn't it? Aren't both sides now struck at once? It would take a HUGE error (or an intentional event) to make one. Years ago I was at a small coin shop (which sadly closed) and a bedazzled person came in. I was rummaging through some books and he walked up to me and said "do you collect coins?" I said "yeah." Then he showed me a Kennedy half - I don't remember the year. Then he turned it over and exposed a second "heads" side. Not wanting to diffuse him I said "Hm!" and continued rummaging. Thinking he had a great rarity, he berated the shop owner and said "a friend of mine looked at it under a scope and couldn't find anything unusual!" The owner nonchanlantly grabbed it and, within 5 seconds, pointed at the rather obvious seam. Then he said "it's impossible because both sides are struck at once." I kept my distance, but the guy left silently. I'm sure every coin shop owner has a story like this.[/QUOTE]
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