I have a 1981 quarter that has two heads. One on each side. It is in perfect condition. How much do you think a collector would pay for it?
2006-10-15 09:04:37 · 6 answers · asked by yeppers`peppers 6 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Also, I have had this for like 10 years
2006-10-15 09:26:48 · update #1
It is a fake or actually a novelty, so far only one coin has made it as being real and that is a two headed Indian head cent. For a long time there were ads for 2 headed or two tails coins, in coin magazines and novelty's catalogs. I have not seen any though in the last year or so in coin magazines. By the way the U.S. mints strike coins, not the U.S. engraving service, that does not exist. Our paper money is made from engravings as such, but by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing called by us good guys the BEP. If you don't want to believe me take it to a coin dealer and have him send it to an authentication service, but it will cost you to find out I was right. Look at the outside rim to see if there is a line around it or it looks strange, if so it was sandwiched together . Check it's weigh, for it should weigh 5.67 grams.
2006-10-15 14:18:39 · answer #1 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to collect error coins. If this is real, its a major error worth maybe $100 or $200.
Sadly, I do not understand how it can be real. Coins are stamped in a hammer and anvil process. The hammer is one side of the coin (usually heads I think) and the anvil is the other side. Hammers and anvils are not interchangable in the press. For this to be a real double-headed coin, they would have had to make an anvil with the wrong side. If they did that (not likely, they would have turned out a lot of coins with this error, and they would have caught it.
Double headed coins are a novelty item, for cheating at coin flips. I suspect that's what this is.
2006-10-15 10:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by semdot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have recently acquired this, it is probably a fake. I read just this morning (sorry I can't find where) that a lot of these fake coins hit the streets in the last two months and are worthless.
2006-10-15 09:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it is real as most rare "two headed" coins are actually double strikes and the U.S. Engraving service works very hard to keep them out of circulation.
2006-10-15 09:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a local coin shop and ask them to show you the current book of coins.
2006-10-15 09:51:28 · answer #5 · answered by hazeleyedbeauty1967 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess mabey $20 but im not sure
2006-10-15 09:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by manfromblueriver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋