1901 date and indian on one side and a 1903 date and indian head on the other!?! 0

[Lacywebb]

I found this coin in A storage Unit today... Is it A replica or something? I can't find any other errors online about it... Thanks in advance! If it is an error coin Id imagine it would hold a pretty high value right?                                             

[JKK]

Look for a seam around the rims. This is typical of a trick coin where two normal pennies were spliced together.

[Greenstang]

It is known as a magicians coin where two different coins are combined to make one.

Impossible for it to be an error.

[Keith Dee]

On 3/2/2022 at 7:36 AM, Greenstang said:

It is known as a magicians coin where two different coins are combined to make one.

Impossible for it to be an error.

Why is this impossible to be an error. Hasn’t the mint been known to make mistakes like that and put two obverse dies together by mistake?

[Keith Dee]

Although this could explain that Indian obverse wheat cent reverse someone told me they’ve seen. Never thought about it possibly being split to trick people.

[RWB]

On 3/2/2022 at 8:28 AM, Keith Dee said:

Why is this impossible to be an error. Hasn’t the mint been known to make mistakes like that and put two obverse dies together by mistake?

A coin press has an upper die holder and a lower die holder. Obverse (front) dies are made so they fit only one of these holders; the same for reverse (back) dies. Thus, two obverse dies cannot be placed in a press. Used dies with dates are destroyed at the end of each calendar year.

The only authentic "two headed" pieces were made in the 19th century as experiments to test the effects of die position on striking quality.

[Just Bob]

There are, however, at least three two-tailed coins - two Washington quarters, and a Roosevelt dime, and one two-headed Jefferson nickel known. These are not true errors, though. These are fakes that were produced on the "midnight shift" for sale to collectors. It amazes me that four suckers paid multiple thousands of dollars for these illegal creations. The guys who created them, the dealers who sold them, the TPG that certified them, and the auction houses that facilitated the sales were all laughing on their way to the bank.

Edited March 2, 2022 by Just Bob

[JKK]

On 3/2/2022 at 5:28 AM, Keith Dee said:

Why is this impossible to be an error. Hasn’t the mint been known to make mistakes like that and put two obverse dies together by mistake?

It's not that it's impossible. It's that it is so vanishingly unlikely we may safely assume it's not an error, in much the same way as it is vanishingly unlikely that a single lottery ticket will win millions.

[VKurtB]

On 3/2/2022 at 1:26 PM, JKK said:

It's not that it's impossible. It's that it is so vanishingly unlikely we may safely assume it's not an error, in much the same way as it is vanishingly unlikely that a single lottery ticket will win millions.

Or that you will hit the lottery for a million two times. It’s more like THAT likely. 

[RWB]

All lottery tickets have equal chances to be the big winner. That's part of the system design. But coin dies and presses are designed to prevent there being any "winners" like the OP shows. Hence, that cannot occur without "outside" help and fraud.