Penny Dime Mating Ritual

[coincollectingenterprises]

Hey, so is there ever a time when you'd have a penny on one side and a dime on the other? I came across one a week or so ago that was obviously spliced and put together, but found one today that was insanely well done if a person did it after the fact.

Curious if you guys have ever seen something like this. Apologies for no photo. Crazy long day and left it at work. If you want to see it, I'll snap a couple shots. It's quite an interesting coin even if it is a post mating ritual of a penny and a dime together!

(This is my "hopefully no questions are dumb so it's okay to ask a dumb question" haha)

PS: I know it's most likely a magician coin or whatnot, but just curious if there's it is even reasonably possible for such a ridiculous blatant error

[willbrooks]

Some kind of magician's coin, I would guess. Get some pictures up when you can.

[coincollectingenterprises]

Some kind of magician's coin, I would guess. Get some pictures up when you can.

Yeah was thinking the same thing (just edited my post but think you beat me to it with the great answer!)

It just was... really well done. Better than most of I've seen of that type. I've been seeing some really bizarre coins lately. Not sure what to do with them.

[liveandievarieties]

From a trick called "scotch and soda". The entire piece would have a shell of a penny backside, really thin that fits together to look like a normal cent, then opens to show it's actually a dime.

[willbrooks]

Does it look like a dime struck on a dime dime planchet, or a dime struck on a cent planchet. In other words, is the color the same on both sides, or different? Also, since a dime and a cent aren't the same size, how does it look in that regard?

[simonm]

I've actually got the trick scotch and soda, as an amateur magician. There is usually a cent shell that the mated coin will fit into.

[penny man]

There were a few errors (~3 or 4, all different dates) from the 90s that involved penny dies paired with dime dies. unless it is the same color on both sides, it is certainly not, and even then, I would be surprised if any more existed.