Double headed coin

Taikonaut

Somebody at work has a UK one pound coin with two obverse, that is two head of the queen one on each side of the coin. Do you know a rough idea how much this coin might fetch?

theboz11

Any two headed coins that I have come across have been Novelty or Magicians coins. A close examination of the egde would give you the necessary info to determine that. I am not aware of any two headed UK minted pound coins.

wybrit

There are also a huge number of counterfeit £1 coins out there.

Taikonaut

I recieved a reply from the Royal Mint and they claim that although they have strict quality control oddities such as this do occur occasionally so therefore it does exist. They dont have a value of any kind but suggest contacting a coin dealer.

So what would be the likelihood of the value if prove genuine?

wybrit

Difficult for me to say. If it is real, then it may fetch anything from $20 to $300. NEN sells such modern errors on its website quite often (usually slabbed).

Aethelred

I suspect you will have to get it slabbed to have any chance of selling it.

tbirde56

99.999% odds that it is two different halves put together by someone (a magicians or trick coin). I assume the dates are the same?

laurentyvan

If its too good to be true-
it usually is.
That rare white coin
is probably whizzed.

That impossible date
is almost certainly fake,
But check out the book
before you make a mistake.

What a thrill can transpire
when a certain coin is found,
but before you wax joyous
let not desire confound (you).

satootoko

<< <i>A close examination of the egde would give you the necessary info to determine that. >>

That's the checkpoint for one method of making magician coins, where two coins are ground down to uniface, and then epoxied together. Click here for the skinny on the other primary method.

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