How does this occur at the mint ?
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How does this occur 
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It occurs when a mint employee, in an unsupervised space of time, manufactures it for profit. Cheers, RickO
As Ricko says. I think these date back about 30 years or so. Correct me if I'm wrong.
How does it occur?
Take Two Reverse Quarter Dies, & put them in the
Hammer and Stationary Die positions (Top and Bottom die),
and Strike.
It's the -Why- that will now be discussed, in all probability.
Then they are not errors if intentionally set up and struck.
Cheers
Bob
Some mint employee was too cheap to pay retail for a normal novelty two-tailed coin so he made his own....
Imo, they were struck AS errors,
but they were not struck IN error.
There is a difference - again, my opinion.
My impression was that the dies were only compatible with one position in the press.
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Looks like the Die Setter was supplementing their income......................
Pete
They're "on purposes" rather than accidents.
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Misfitting of dies is a deliberate act. [Counterfeiters have also learned to do this.]
The only legitimate, and documented, two-tailed or two-headed pieces where made in the 19th century using 1859 cent dies.
Subject to seizure ?
No
Good to know Fred.Was it found in circulation or a bank roll ?
That would be an assumption
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
An fairly informed assumption,
based on many decades of
interacting with numerous
officials of both the Mint,
the Treasury, and the Mint Police.
That's good enough for me, although without FW's opinion I would have guessed the legality was a bit murky.