Interesting bulk lot find

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neilithicman
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Posted: 15 Dec 2018, 22:45 #
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i got this double headed Victorian penny in a bulk lot, you can see from the second picture that they've chopped two coins in half and sandwiched them together


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xipotle
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Posted: 15 Dec 2018, 23:35 #
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Heads you win!
sarikanair
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Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 07:49 #
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Oh that’s strange! These things are unavoidable when you buy coins in a bulk lot...
oggy
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Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 22:10 #
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Got excited for a moment there, thought it might be a full brockage penny!
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Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 23:33 #
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Trench art, and well executed it seems, though more could have been done to disguise the join.
the two pennies were ground true on a flat stone and then brazed together. i might try that myself.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
Geison Translator
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Posted: 18 Dec 2018, 01:44 #
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I found one too!
I tried everything to separate apart but I couldn't (I was curious if was a XF coin before glued together).
I guess they did that to do some tricks to always win in heads and tails.


Numismatist uk
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Posted: 18 Dec 2018, 20:23 #
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I found this on amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MAGIC-pence-SPLIT-COIN-TRICK/dp/B00JPNUUEY/ref=pd_sbs_21_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00JPNUUEY&pd_rd_r=9436d293-02f3-11e9-ab4f-0333a0e7098d&pd_rd_w=oqTQk&pd_rd_wg=kMuMU&pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&pf_rd_r=TE82HZMZRHSF5ZV6NPJY&psc=1&refRID=TE82HZMZRHSF5ZV6NPJY

This one's rather amusing:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitten-Restored-performed-David-Blaine/dp/B00JQRB156/ref=pd_sbs_21_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00JQRB156&pd_rd_r=b3d48b61-02f3-11e9-92ad-3db0e782bcc4&pd_rd_w=wF2ud&pd_rd_wg=ZaFgu&pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&pf_rd_r=S9VG2WQ5B4F4Y7NC1E7M&psc=1&refRID=S9VG2WQ5B4F4Y7NC1E7M
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Posted: 19 Dec 2018, 01:58 #
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Quote: "Geison"​I found one too!
​I tried everything to separate apart but I couldn't (I was curious if was a XF coin before glued together).
​I guess they did that to do some tricks to always win in heads and tails.
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​you did not try everything, it is obviously soldered with common tin solder, heating it in a propane flame would melt the solder.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac
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