How much is a doubleheaded half dollar from 1923 worth?

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No special value. It's a novelty coin made for people who want to know the outcome of a coin toss before they flip the coin. Sometimes people forget they're carrying it and the spend it and it gets into circulation. These novelty items sell regularly on eBay for a couple dollars. Check the related web links for more info about these.

Answer 2

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This is NOT something that was done at the Mint. It's a privately made novelty item, known as a Magician's Coin, created by altering two normal coins and joining the pieces back together. Use a magnifier to check just inside the rim on one side of the coin -- you are looking for the seam where the two pieces were joined -- it could be on either side of the coin.

They cost about $7-8 new from novelty shops and sell for $2-3 on eBay. They have no value to coin collectors, however, because they are privately made by damaging genuine coins.

The only possible good news is that if you have an older magician's half dollar made before 1965, it would have enough silver in it that you could probably sell it to a scrap dealer for around $5 or $6.

The other thing you could do is hold onto it for magic tricks and making bets.... but be prepared to run fast if you use it for a bet.

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Many years ago the Mint had all coin presses redesigned so that dies are "keyed". That is, obverse dies only fit into the obverse anvil and reverse dies fit into the reverse anvil. It's physically impossible for two same-side dies to be put into a press. While many errors including "mule" coins (half one denomination, half another) can still occur, double-headed coins are not and cannot number among those mistakes.

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Its amazing how many of these are turning up on this board. Follow the links to the previous questions. Yours is just like all the others.

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You have a manually altered novelty item, known as a Magician's Coin, made by altering two normal coins and gluing the pieces back together, that sells regularly for a couple dollars.

Use a magnifier and examine just inside the raised rim on both sides of the coin, looking for a seam where the pieces are joined, that can be on either side of the coin.

Answer 3

Assuming the coin is circulated and has no mintmark, the 1923 Peace dollar is a very common high mintage coin. For an accurate assessment of value the coin needs to be seen and graded. Most coins show a lot of wear. In general, the retail value of a circulated coin is $32.00-$37.00. Values are a market average and only for coins in collectible condition, coins that are bent, corroded, scratched or have been cleaned have far less value if any to a collector or dealer.

Answer 4

This is a privately manufactured novelty item, known as a Magician's Coin, made from two normal coins that were altered and glued together. Modern 2-headed coins sell regularly on eBay for a couple dollars. However, 2-headed Walking Liberty half dollars are pretty rare, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it sell for $20

Answer 5

50 cents.