1937 Mercury Dime struck with penny back Help!

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No, it is not a Magician's coin. If it were, then we wouldn't see half of a reeded edge and half of a smooth edge. It looks to me like part of the cent has been ground away and glued to part of a dime. Part of the edge of the cent has also been ground down to make it the same diameter as a dime.

Chris

 

Doesn't make it "uninteresting." Somebody went to a lot_of_work to create that.

 

Yes that's exactly how it was made.
I didn't know that there were rules governing the manufacture of a magicians coin, that it HAD to be one inside another.

 

I give whoever made that points for creativity.

 

It is not a Mint error. It is looks like, that someone put 2 coins together. It is worthless or maybe 1.69 $ for Mercury dime silver.

 

A magician's coin is made from two coins of the same denomination, not different denominations.

Chris

 

it is a novelty coin. I remember back in them days I had one of them. Can't remember where it went.

 

I never would have guessed, taught me something new but thats why I love this site, I wonder if it has any value, it's cruel though. I would have been wondering how much such a mistake would be worth.

 

No Chris
I have a trick called the Penny and Dime trick.. It's a shell of a Penny that covers a half penny and dime sandwiched together. Google it and you will see.

 

Why do I find it hard to believe? This isn't April 1st!

Chris

 

Yes, it definitely is still interesting, especially being that this box of coins hasn't been touched since the late 70's. Someone definitely put some work into making it. Thank you for all the feedback everyone! I'm sure I will be putting some more coins on here to ask questions about. This site is great!

 

I think its strange that i also have one of these.. exactly the same 1937 dime with one cent on the back... must have been a year for magicians??

 

I think its strange that i also have one of these.. exactly the same 1937 dime with one cent on the back... must have been a year for magicians??

 

I seen this before and it is a fake where someone just put it together by grinding it down.

 

Abracadabra.. maybe

 

When I was a kid, I found one of these next to the freight tracks.
Someone put the 2 coins together on the rail, and after the train came by,
they were smashed together.
Most likely this is a magician's coin, there are other possibilities but it's not an error
since you would have to have 2 planchets to mint this coin. And 2 separate dies. A 1937 Merc obverse die and silver planchet and a reverse wheat die and copper planchet.