Expert: Jim Lawniczak - 8/30/2007

Question
I have a susan banthony dollar and on the same coin on the other side it has the indian lady with her child on the other is it a miss print or did some body do that if they did put them togather how .

Answer
Robert, magician coins (two headed or two tailed) are made by hollowing out one side and putting the same side from another piece in its place.  When that happens, you usually see a seam on the edge where the two pieces were put together.  Your piece should be easy to tell; if it is such a put together piece after minting, then the Susan B. side should be the silver color that that type is and the Sacagewea should be golden colored.  There is no way that such a two colored planchet would have been made at the mint.  If your piece is indeed two colored, then you'll see the seam on the edge where they were put together.  If your piece is one colored and has no seam, perhaps it was made that way at the mint (if so, almost certainly not by accident); in which case it could have substantial value.  Jim Lawniczak