Mystery Solved! Kennedy and the Eagle Were Hacked!

[DustDevilMarc]

I found a 2013 Kennedy half dollar coin that was unusual. Both Kennedy and the eagle were right side up.




Upon closer inspection I discovered that the coin was cut in half, and some how, the two halves were joined back together.



What a waste of a perfectly good half dollar coin. This coin was not released for general circulation, but was intended for collectors only. Why would someone do this?

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

for fun

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

is it a magicians coin?

 

[BigWaveDave]

so someone could post it on a forum

 

[DustDevilMarc]

for fun

How do I tell if it is a magician's coin?

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Does it come apart in 2 pieces?

 

[grillz]

DDM,
You have what is called a "Medallion Coin". Both sides are facing up. If you flip a regular coin top to bottom, the reverse shows itself as right side up. Do that with a medallion and the and the reverse will be upside down.

This is a minting error and yes, there are people that collect them. Some will bring high prices.

I would suggest you have the coin graded by one of the professional services, and slabbed. That will take out almost all
arguement about the condition of the coin, whether it is genuine or not, and may help establish a price. Nice find!

 

[enamel7]

DDM,
You have what is called a "Medallion Coin". Both sides are facing up. If you flip a regular coin top to bottom, the reverse shows itself as right side up. Do that with a medallion and the and the reverse will be upside down.

This is a minting error and yes, there are people that collect them. Some will bring high prices.

I would suggest you have the coin graded by one of the professional services, and slabbed. That will take out almost all
arguement about the condition of the coin, whether it is genuine or not, and may help establish a price. Nice find!

Please take the time and read the op's answer. It isn't an error. It's probably a magician's coin.
What you describe is what's known as a rotated die. I don't know where the medallion name comes from. If you sent it in to be slabbed it would be called a rotated die.
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enamel7

 

[onfire]

How do I tell if it is a magician's coin?

If you send it to me I can make it vanish

 

[50cent]

Looks to me like some piece of work used a precision slicer, and cut straight down the middle of two coins, and glued them together.