Strange back of penny

Psu7685

Has anyone seen a penny with a back like this?

Derek4949

Yes I have. I have no idea tho.
What it is

telephoto1

Magician's trick coin. Normal cent milled out to hold a dime.

Manifest_Destiny

@Derek4949 said:
Yes I have. I have no idea tho.
What it is

Heh

Namvet69

You need the other half to be a Prestidigitator. Good luck. Peace Roy

Barbercoin1

I used to have one just like it and that's what I was told it was.

cheezhed

@Psu7685 said:
Has anyone seen a penny with a back like this?

How did you acquire it? Under what pretenses was it sold to you?

lilolme

Here is a thread with video on the 'magic' coin making. Might see some similarities.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1076369/the-making-of-a-magicians-coin

johnny9434

They been around for many years

Greenstang

Have seen that numerous times on the various coin forums. That is only 1/2 of the
Magicians coin. Sometimes a dime may be milled and inserted or the head of another
cent to make a two headed cent. No value unless you want to keep it as a novelty.

Fraz

DBSTrader2

hollowed-out by Russian spies for sending chips & messages during the Cold War & beyond. Usually under the cover of being "magicians"!

Jacques_Loungecoque

Back in my law enforcement adjacent years there was apprehended a user with an Ike similar to this in which he kept a few of baggies of heroin. The arresting officer was an amateur, albeit just knowledgeable enough, coin collector. When he emptied dude’s pockets the dollar caught his eye.

It was the mid-90’s but even then you didn’t the old General getting around too much. Out of innocent curiosity he looked deeper at the coin and noticed something wasn’t quite right.

Eventually when the case was over he “requisitioned” the Ike from property and kept in framed at his desk when he transferred to CID in the well earned position of detective.