Identifying Melded German States 2 Mark Coins, Token/Fake?

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Azgurl520 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 08/12/2024 2:26 pm Hello, my fiance likes to collect coins and has a coin from Germany from 1877 that someone had melded together with another 1877 german coin. He's had it for 4 years and has always wondered if it was worth anything and also what's the purpose of melding the same coin to another. I've supplied a few pictures and if you need anything else let me know. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 08/12/2024 3:15 pm ( I'm no pro, it's just my humble opinion ) Searched 6.5 +/- Million Cents Since 1971 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 32709 Posts	Posted 08/12/2024 4:09 pm @azg, first welcome to CCF. Second, the most often reason that we see two different coins joined together is to create a so-called Magician's coin. While your edge-shot is super-blurry, it seems as though whoever did this made no effort to deceive. Can you please add the weight of this piece? That will help us to determine if one or both of the coins has been hollowed out. I recalling seeing this done with US coins to create a tiny squirt gun novelty. Here is a link to a squirting nickel: http://goccf.com/t/165859 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16181 Posts	Posted 08/12/2024 8:10 pm There are numerous reasons why two coins would be "melded together". A Magician's coin or some kind of trick coin, as mentioned above. Or perhaps a "spy coin", hollowed out so a piece of paper can be hidden inside. Or perhaps a miniature painting of a loved one - "coin lockets" were a popular fashion in the 1800s. This coin is also quite scarce - a mintage of only 20,000 - and as such quite popular with collectors, so it's also entirely possible this is a fake, where someone has cast or electrotyped two half-coins and merged them together. In any event, the edge of this coin is very well-worn. I suspect it probably looked much more realistic when it was first made. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Azgurl520 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 08/16/2024 4:20 pm Here is some better pictures of the coin. The coin weighs about 10 grams if you need anything else please let me know Report this Post to the Staff
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