Vfox Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Just wondering if anyone ran into this before? I got it from change a while back and didn't think much of it, but today I took a weight measurement just to see if it's ground off. The weight was 5.64g, while a regular one comes up 5.69g, well within a tolerance, and is in no way just ground off. Do you think it's worth getting slabbed, or just something to toss on eBay as is? I don't collect errors really, it's a nice Au+, but I don't have a need for it really, so I am thinking of getting rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCanadianM Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Wow! I'm more on the learning-from-the forum side, not the guru side, but personally I'd keep it Then again if I could get some gold instead of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Cool find, V. I've never seen one of those. If they're more uncommon than not, then I'd suggest slabbing it. Since you were concerned about the authenticity, I'd bet others are too. Someone out there would probably prefer to find a slabbed example up for sale than an unslabbed one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 My only concern is the side view slabs are only for the prez dollars arn't they? If I got it slabbed, bye bye edge, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Why should it weigh less without a reeded edge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowly but surely Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I think his point was it would weigh less if someone had ground off the reeded edge and that because it didn't weigh less, it was likely that it hadn't been ground off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 I think his point was it would weigh less if someone had ground off the reeded edge and that because it didn't weigh less, it was likely that it hadn't been ground off... Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 its a broadstrike its just not one that squished out like you would normally see with a coin struck outside of the collar. you can see on the obverse and reverse how it is not completely centered. Nice find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Thanks Matt, I really wasn't sure what I found! Is this sort of this uncommon on state quarters, this is the only one I've come across, and I work with money every day. Too bad it wasn't double struck as well, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Broadstrikes are somewhat common on the older state quarters pre 2002. The installation of the Schuler MRV 300 and Graebener GMP 360 coining presses in 2002 in the philly mint has all but eliminated the striking of error coinage. These replaced the almost 40 year old Bliss coining presses. These presses still allowed a coin to be struck if it was not fed into the press properly. So on state quarters minted 2002 or before broadstrikes are much more common but since the installation of the new presses the number of broadstruck coins has been reduced greatly (tho some do exist). To give you an idea. I went through a $1,000 bag once and found 1 single broadstruck coin, and It looked similar to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Why is the mint mark clipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 It isn't as far as I can tell....it's just a normal P to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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