Has ANYONE ever seen this error?! Or is this a fake?
Lindsay1587
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Appears to be a 1964 roosevelt dime obverse, with a wheat penny reverse. The pictures are blurry, as it wasnt my camera that took them, but ive got to know... 
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Coin for magic tricks.
I held the coin in my hands, earlier and got a really good look... from the side, it looks exactly like a regular dime with the reeded edge, but when i flipped it, it looked like a penny that had been struck through the dime press, the e pluribus unum is shaved down at the top, and the wheat ears are VERY close to the edge... its not any thicker than a normal, dime and too uniform to me...
1) ask yourself how could this happen in the minting process (hint: it can't).
2) take the advice of people who have seen this sort of thing before.
It is a magician's coin. Two genuine coins joined together. If it is tough to see the seam then that just means it is a well made example.
You seem to really want this to be a real error. It isn't. It is just part of a trick coin, many of which were made back in the 1950's and 1960's and earlier.
Pics of the edge.
You can find many trick “magic” coins on the Bay.
Definitely not a mint product....careful examination will usually reveal the clues....It cannot happen. Cheers, RickO
I have something similar. Large cent reverse on one side and a shaved down barber half reverse on the other side.
Pretend for a moment that it is not a mint error and think about how some could cut down a cent and insert it into a dime that has been "hollowed out" to receive the shaved cent. Now ... look for the seam between the two different metals. Look closely enough, as with a magnifier, and you will see the seam on the 'penny side' of the edge where the copper meets the silver reeding.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Ponder the seam.
Even if it was "made" at the mint, which is was not, you have copper and silver. Somewhere, they have to come together. Once you find that interface, you will find the seam.
But this is a created, probably magicians, coin.
It's a magician's coin made outside the mint not unlike the two headed or two tailed coins which occasionally shows up in circulation...
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This!
Always ask the above question when looking at potential error coins.
Looks like a regular ELVEN CENT coin to me. Heads I win, tails you lose.
Here's the real deal ......
Like everyone else said it's a trick coin and pretty common.
There are at least two decent YouTube videos...
This one shows the classic lathe method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMZByJl61c
This one uses a CNC mill to make a "coin" from a blank - you could easily make it correctly sized with whatever design you want and also machine the reeded edge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t_t8Sp0fAg
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Many error exist. Discovered and not yet discovered. That one you have should go to our host for grading to make sure. Also research on the PCGS site or the cherry picker guild to find similar. Each error will be slightly different but most will have variable versions. Good luck
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Mint employees have too much time on their hands. The others ( toyed with coins) are the work of wannabe mint employees.
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100% fake.
??? You're not actually suggesting to the OP that they might have an actual error, are you?
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It is 2 different planchets with dies from 2 different years. No question it's homemade
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Wow. How did you ever find this? The errors that really peaked my interest years ago were the Sacagawea with the quarter error. I think those were real deals too.
I buy them from different sources for inventory. At present, I have 15 different dates of Cents struck on struck dimes.
Yes, The Sac on the MD quarter is the real deal. It was one of my favorite coins I had until I sold it way underpriced.
No I simply suggest they get expert opinion. Many Newbs will argue so I say take it to someone who knows.
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A nice example of a man-made
magician's coin. (OP's coin)