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#1 Unread post by johnJones » Sun Jun 09, 2019 1:38 pm

I've just found a 1977 d nickel with two obverses.
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#2 Unread post by Daniel » Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:43 pm

It is a trick coin. I have a few two head and two tails coins myself.
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Re: error coin

#3 Unread post by Paul » Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:01 pm

:agree: Daniel.

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Take a hugeeyes at your 1st image,... Notice the line just inside the outer edge, where the obverse of a similar dated nickel was cut down and made thinner, then inserted into the rear of another nickel with a milled out reverse.
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