From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

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From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby hammerrob » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:16 pm

I got this off the TDBank Penny Arcade magnet ... it's the exact size of a US cent, and it's obviously magnetic. Clearly, it weighs a lot less than a cent. I figure if anyone knows what it is someone here will:
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Re: From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby highroller4321 » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:27 pm

It is a magician coin.
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Re: From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby stonewallrabbitry » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:49 pm

A dime fits inside of it making it look like a dime on one side and a penny on the other, I found one in a bank roll
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Re: From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby hammerrob » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:59 pm

I see, a dime does fit inside it ... I guess there must be a trick where you make a dime 'disappear'. I knew someone here would know what it was!
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Re: From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby Morsecode » Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:05 pm

I found one on the Arcade magnet, too.

And now for my dumb question: why does it stick to a magnet? I assumed these were milled from actual cents...?
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Re: From Penny Arcade Magnet: What is it?

Postby Gobirds66 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:36 am

I found one of these while sorting about two years ago. I took it to my LCS and he scratched his head. He thought it was prepped to be a two headed (or tailed) coin but he said it looked too clean to be milled out.....so he was a little confused. He is a pretty old guy and been in the business since the 50's so I figured he would have known what it was....but he was not 100% sure. He did say that it was some sort of novelty and not a Mint Error since it was magnetic. I kept it, just because I could. Now I know. I should have posted it on here years ago....
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