Double headed George V HalfPenny

[katecooke34 0]

On searching through my recently deceased 91 year old mothers belongings, I have found a double headed George V coin which I believe to be a half penny. Could this be genuine, fake, valuable or just a joke?

[Nordle11 564]

It could be genuine, but far, far more likely it's just a bit of handy work. They normally come as;

- One coin hollowed out, the other slightly ground around the rim and then pushed into the hollowed out penny

- Both coins ground on the reverse to about half the thickness, then fused to have both sides with an obverse (or heads side)

Check if there is either a line going around the rim, almost splitting the coin in half, OR, just around the rim but on one of the faces there should be a similar line that shouldn't be there.

[Nordle11 564]

Here are some pictures of where to look for a line that shouldn't be there

[Coppers 58]

I wonder if this is the halfpenny-size double-headed piece that 7jaguars once indicated was likely a game counter.

http://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/8063-george-v-double-headed-coinmedal/