Coin and Paper Money Collecting/two sided tail penny

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I was just wondering if this two sided tail penny i found is worth anything.

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Charles, these are magic pieces, usually made by magicians to help in magic tricks.  You can tell that they are put together with two cents by looking at the seam that should be evident on the edge.  I think they have some slight value, they usually sell for under a dollar but for some money.  I haven't tried it but I bet if you went to www.ebay.com and did a search for two sided coin or two tailed coin or two headed coin you would find some for sale and could see what they are selling for.  Hope this helped, Jim Lawniczak

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Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

Experience

Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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