State quarter has front but no back

Real or clever fake? Found in roll received from local bank.

 

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The reverse has been machined off. If the remaining coin is like a pie shell it was probably half of a magician's coin (two heads).

 

Heres a similar dime I found. Damage.

 

Larry, magician's coins are made by using a machinist's lathe to cut out the interior of one side (or the other) leaving the rim and cutting the rim and part of the opposite side of another coin away so that it will nest perfectly into the empty space created in the first coin. It could be a double-headed or double-tailed coin.

Chris

 

No pie shell effect. Back side is flat and smooth. Thought it might be a magicians coin. The edge of coin is also smooth.

 

pmd

 

Same thickness as regular state quarter. Has no ridges on the edge. May need to let a coin dealer take a look.
Thanks for everyone's input.

 

It has been machined as the cutting lines are visible, although a tight spiral used. If you show it to a dealer and he offers more than $5, take it is my advice. Welcome to the forum!

Jim

 

i just found one of these coins today

 

are we sure this isnt an error coin maybe a quarter punched on a nickel planchet??

 

It's a magicians coin as stated. Not sure how it being struck on a nickel planchet would have anything to do with a full obverse and missing reverse.

 

i disagree this looks nothing like a magicians quarter

 

mine is not the same thickness as a quarter and it does have the ridges around the edge

 

I have quite a few magicians quarters myself (amateur magician), and it looks pretty close to what I have. Knowing the minting process, it also doesn't really match up to any known error as well...so my conclusion is damaged/modified after strike.

Your coin not having the same thickness of a quarter explains that it is part of a magicians coin...namely, it is the metal disk that fits inside the "shell" component.

 

the quarter on the left is the coin in question

 

basically an error like that would be impossible. machined off the back post mintage.

 

I got one from my bank among my rolls. Got excited.same texture and same weight as the rest of my state coins. 5.7g. but has a thug when i drop it on the floor. Another guy has found one in the other forum. Surely this is not a magicians ploy. Its "p" mint. Guys, share me updates please., Thanks

 

Same as I got, mine it brighter and with luster.

 

Welcome to the forum. It is a real coin that has been altered by grinding down the reverse.