It's called a "magician's coin". They sell for 8-10 bucks in novelty shops but have no numismatic value. Magician's coins are made outside the mint by cutting two real coins in half, then swapping and fusing the opposite sides to produce one two-headed "coin" and a second "two-tailed" one.
$8.95 at a novelty shop. These are made outside the mint by cutting down two real coins.
Two headed coins a manufactured as novelty coins and can be bought for about $5
Two headed coins a manufactured as novelty coins and can be bought for about $5
This is not a mint error. The coin has been altered some how, likely two halves glued together..It has no numismatic value.
Two-headed coins are not real, they are Magician's Coins made by altering two normal coins and gluing the pieces back together. These sell on eBay all the time for a couple dollars.
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The nature of the minting process is such that a two-headed coin cannot be produced. What you have is a joke, or "magic" coin made by combining the heads of two different nickels. As a novelty, it is worth a couple of dollars.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
A fifty cent piece and a nickel. One is not a nickel, but the other one is.
Double headed novelty and Magician's coins have no numismatic value, but depending on the denomination an quality most are under $10.00
First off, a 2003 nickel doesn't have anything to do with Washington — either the city, the state, or the founding father — on it. You're probably thinking of Thomas Jefferson, who is found on the face of all nickels made since the mid-1930's. Having said that, it's quite likely that you have a two-headed novelty coin, made from two real nickels after both left the Mint. These have no numismatic value.