two tailed lincoln cent

Frugi · New Member

I have been sorting copper from zinc lincoln cents for a couple years now and I have found lots of weird stuff including two headed trick/magic coins. BUT two days ago I found a two tailed lincoln cent and I am very aware of how coins are machined cut and inset into one another for magic purpose. I have inspected the cent on both sides with a 10x loupe and I can't find a seam on either side or on either back. I have looked on the internet and found that there are NO known examples of this in cent form. There are four US coins that have two tails and all are worth lots of $$$$$$. There is also two canadian cents with two tails also worth lots of $$$$. My question is is it it possible at all that I have a genuine error two tailed lincoln cent or is it completely impossible.

thanks. frugi

eagames · Expert Member

Be sure to also look at the outside rim.

If they machined it like a majic coin they usualy do it right along the rim. If they also re-plate it with copper that hides the seam.

If it's copper you might try lightly dropping it on a table, if it has a seam it will sound different (changes it's resonant frequency) so you could compare to the sound of a known copper cent to yours. Zinc cents don't make much noise so this might only work on a copper.

Odds are it is faked in some way.