Hi, Going through some of my grandfathers old coins and I found a coin with both one cent side and a old dime side. There are no dates on either side, and you can see press indents on both sides. Is this a error coin? The coin was in with 50 or 60 old coins like Barber dimes, V nickels, 2 cents, barber quarters, seated liberty quarters, American large cents, Indian head penny's, and even over seas old coins. I even came across a old world war 2 Nazi coin. Anyone have any idea what this coin is? I posted pictures.
don't know. my grandfather died in 1982, I was born in 1984 and never knew him. my grandmother gave me his coin collection that was in a safe in her basement. never seen a coin like this before.
I could see a Mercury obverse (front) with a wheat reverse (back), but two reverses together... I'm not so sure
It's a novelty, commonly called a "magician's coin". It's made by grinding down a cent and a dime and glueing or soldering them together. It's not an error coin; it was made from two coins after they'd left the mint. Welcome to CoinTalk!
I've heard of magician's coins and most often you can take them apart. This thing in fused and both sides are perfectly formed the coins rig edges.
Someone went through alot of painstaking work to make such a thing as that coin. The 1 cent piece would have to have been reduced in size by 1.5 MM. And then to recut the reeding on the edge is just WOW. My guess is that it may have been made by Jewery/ Watchsmith as a demostration of skill.
I found one EXACTLY like this coin, just next to the freight tracks near my house when I was a kid. Merc/ wheatie mashed together by a train and it wasn't very different from a regular wheatie. A little flatter but not elongated. With the Merc solidly attached as if it were one coin.
