Are any double-headed coins real

Answer 1

Double-Headed Coins

Here are opinions on them:

• No, coin presses have a heads die on one side and a tails die on the other. There is no real way that a coin can come out of the mint with two heads.

• The dies used to strike coins are made in different shapes, so that only the heads side dies will fit into one side of the press, and only the tails side dies will fit into the other side of the press. Thus a 2-headed coin is rarely possible, although there have been rumors indicating intentional misuse of dies by now-fired Mint employees.

• It's also theoretically possible, though highly unlikely, for a series of errors to result in a very poorly-struck side that will resemble the obverse, or "heads," side of a coin on its reverse, or "tails," side. More often than not -- and, even then, not often at all -- you might see the result of a coin caught in the press and used as a die itself, resulting in a reverse "head" on the tails side.

There actually are a number of double sided coins world wide although very few and very rare. I have managed to collect 16 different coins over the years and they have all been certified by grading companies (NGC, ANACS Etc). Just to give you an idea here are the coins I have:

1 eurocent

2 eurocent

5 eurocent

20 eurocent

50 eurocent

10 cents Australia

2 cents Australia

20 cents New Zealand

1 baht Thailand (heads)

1 baht Thailand (Tails)

1 cent 1982 Jamaica (Heads)

1 cent 1982 Jamaica (Tails)

1 sen malaysia

10 sen Malaysia

1 penny UK

1 florin UK

I know that all the denominations of euro coins exist as double sided as well as a few others. They are generally extremely difficult to find and very expensive. It is for this reason that you will rarely see such a coin. The only easy one to find id the 1 eurocent.