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An inquiry on a two headed quarter
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I got a call earlier from a gentleman who sent me a picture of a two headed quarter, he said he did not see an seam indicating any funny business. He said: "I would like to get this coin graded and sold at auction. Thank you!" I'd normally dismiss this out of hand because I have never heard of such a thing being mint made. Please share your thoughts and I will forward them to the gentleman. 
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It looks like there's a ring just inside the raised edge. One coin could have been hollowed out, and another, with its edge removed and reverse smoothed (to get the thickness right) dropped in.
I will eat my own head if that is from the mint. He probably sent you two pictures of the obverse. 😀
The seam is just inside the rim. It's not on the edge. It's called a magician's coin.
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The first photo shows a seam around the rim.
There is the seam. Not bad work. 😉
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Even if through some miracle an error like that had been made and escaped the mint, wouldn’t the date be the same?
Very visible seam and even with various mint shenanigans we have seen they haven’t done this. Perhaps the way the anvil and hammer dies are made make it very difficult to swap them for a moonlight madness.
The seam would not be in the reeding
It would be on the inside of the rim on one side
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Funny! OP edited the pictures. It used to show 1989 twice. 😀
The seam is even easier to see under 1989
It would definitely be the same date in my opinion
when the mint makes 2 headed coins, thy are the same year
I sent the inquirer a link to the thread for his information; thanks for the responses. Yes, two different dates, originally I posted two of his same pictures twice then noticed I had not posted the second downloaded picture.
Let us know what the response is ..... Some people will refuse to accept the answer when they believe they have something special. Encountered that many times...and has been displayed often here on the forum. Cheers, RickO
no chance it is real
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Definite sandwich job.
I have several Kennedy half magicians coins found while roll searching years ago. I’ll try and get some pics up. Definitely seam inside the rim. You can really tell they are different when dropped on a table. Because they are not solid they thump and have no ring like a regular coin.
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Fake as Fake can be no way with two Different dates, Send him packing not even Possible! to make at Mint.
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It's also called a "cup and saucer".
Pete