Kramer asks:
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Now Mom hands me a small sack of old coins I had asked her to hold that =
we both had forgotten about. Pretty straightforward stuff until the =
sack reveals a coin, looks like its somehow clad 2 coins together, the =
face is a 1936 Lincoln penny head, the reverse is a reverse of a dime of =
that era. =20
I have no recollection of this coin at all. An examination of the edge =
clearly shows 2 distinctly different metals. It also has a hollow sound =
to it when dropped on a glass table, as opposed to the ring of a penny =
or dime. =20
Can anyone tell me what I've got here?
Yes. It's a novelty known as a magician's coin. Used as a pocket trick for
decades. The magician seems to turn a cent into a dime,(by flipping the coin).
Worth about $1.
Ira Stein
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