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Happy birthday!

Neat piece and discussion

Hi! It sounds like you're suggesting that's there a ghost image of Lincoln (from the obverse) on the reverse side.

If so - this could be "ghosting" (metal flow irregularity due to metal flow issues as a result of a high obverse relief), which for some series (notably many 1970s US half dollars and 1900s-20s British pennies) or it could be a clashed die (significantly less likely, the result of the dies clashing with each other resulting in design transfer)

Several more Arches quarters.

Excellent - thank for confirming the weight and origin.

In turn, I'll confirm that they do appear, in my opinion, to be Type I and Type II blanks. (before and after rimming, but before striking)

A neat pair to have together. Value is hard to assess since in many countries, there are relatively few collectors for error coins.

If I saw them at a coin show and I hadn't already bought something else I liked, I might consider them at about $100 or so for a trio (the two errors plus a regular one) even though they don't exactly fit in with what I normally collect.

Of course, what they're worth to me may not be the same as what they're worth to someone else, which could be more or less. As noted, this is not particularly my area of expertise.

I think that's the first time I've seen non-latin characters on a PCGS slab

Thanks for sharing! :-)

Happy birthday!

Hello and welcome!

It does look a bit funny there, though I'm not quite sure if I'd call it a "6".

Do you have access to a copy of the relevant edition of the Zoell variety catalogues?

It's a bit hard to tell from the pictures presented alone, but these could be Type I and Type II blank planchets.

Additional photos and weights (to the 0.1g) would be helpful in attempting to make a further determination. :-)

Welcome! As Art noted, pictures would greatly assist us with helping you

I'd say extremely confident.

*Slightly* (e.g. 1mm or so) oversize and undersized notes are not much of a concern since they do happen.

Since a note can easily be cut / trimmed to make it undersize at any point in time after printing, it could just as easily be a trimmed note.

In general, though, I find that inflationary era notes generally due to their nature (need to have lots of new notes put into circulation) tend to have lower QC and larger variations in shades, etc.

That would be a clipped planchet.

A chopped quarter would be something very different indeed.

I regret I cannot offer any advice, though it is quite nice

Welcome. As with Art, I am likewise not familiar with it and cannot offer an opinion as such.

Hurray!

I'll join the filled crowd

Thank you for always being there for us - may you have a splendid day :-)

I can't comment on the first question, but on the second question - the lines on this piece are from cleaning, though it seems light enough that it's not too bad.

I would generally avoid any piece where you are unable to fully examine it (in this case, the edge), especially for more expensive pieces.

Other things to consider for notes in general besides those four already noted:

5. paper type

6. embedded metal strips

7. Planchettes and fibers

8. Ink type

9. Printing type

10. Serial number font / style

in regards to TPG companies, the larger TPGs have specialists on their rosters who perform the evaluations, though most generalists can get a pretty good feel for things.

Similarly, anyone working in a bank cage quickly learns to recognize various types of currencies, traveller's cheques, banker's checks/drafts and the multitudes of personal and commercial checks from around the world that it can become almost second nature, even when encountering an item they haven't seen before.

Interesting die cracks on the obverse. A lot hinges on the lusture and the braid details, which as tdp noted is difficult to assess from the photo / scan provided.

It does appear to be very heavily cleaned, in any case.

The details on your piece are rather soft - it looks like it may be a cast copy in pewter or other white metal.

A search of recent ebay auctions shows two sets with opening bids of $4750 and $4895, neither of which sold (no bids), suggesting that the value is less than $4750, though the market for the larger quintuple sovereign is always tough.

Welcome!