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Proof 2002-S Mississippi state quarter with die clashes - Check your 2002-S Proof Mississippi qtrs.

rec78rec78 Posts: 5,741 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What is your opinion on this coin? I have a few more of these. Value? Coin is currently in raw condition. Would it be worthwhile to send these to PCGS for verification and grading or just keep them as they are? Should I keep them in the Proof quarter sets they came in, or break them out? Does anyone here have any of these? Strong die clashes on both sides!! Maybe I should just eBay it as is? (a raw coin?) The reverse has a significant clash just below the gn in magnolia. Any comments or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! I have never seen one on eBay. This is the discovery coin, I believe! Thanks, Bob

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,595 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rather uncommon in modern proofs, I think.

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice example of a clashed die, especially so on a proof. Is it silver or clad?

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    not worth submitting.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you are sure it is the 'discovery' coin, it would get a unique label at our hosts service. That may be worth a bit more to collectors and perhaps cover the slab cost. Cheers, RickO

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,595 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As a die clash, isn't it an error and not a variety?

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,741 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace said:
    Very nice example of a clashed die, especially so on a proof. Is it silver or clad?

    Clad

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  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice clash! :)

    I would only send to PCGS if I was looking for a discovery label or maybe to keep the best example for myself.
    If I was going to send it to someone like Coin World for a write up it might better graded.
    Sometimes a write up can be done without sending the coin if you can provide high enough quality photos.
    I would keep them in the sets.
    Ebay would be a good option to sell the sets.
    I would only list one at a time so a buyer doesn't think they can just buy one later or that they are common.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    As a die clash, isn't it an error and not a variety?

    I would have thought the opposite (in a technical sense)...

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Clashes on proofs are very unusual. I like it! Here's a neat one on a proof Lincoln 1c-


  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,595 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    As a die clash, isn't it an error and not a variety?

    I would have thought the opposite (in a technical sense)...

    Yes, I think that's true. I always think of die clashes and die cracks as a grey area. When someone catalogues them, they become "varieties" but they are often classified as errors:

    http://www.error-ref.com/die_clash/

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,787 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :)
    An interesting looking proof.
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a silver example, but I believe it was from a different pair of dies.

    I believe I’ve also seen photos of, or a reference to, a clashed clad MIssissippi previously, so this likely is not a “discovery”.

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