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Newish Coin Collector Looking for advice on a 1776-1976 D Bicentennial Washington 25C Drummer Coin

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I have a 1776-1976 D Bicentennial Washington 25C Drummer with what I think are errors. I wanted to see what others in the community thought and see if it was worth sending in to PCGS or it's not even worth it. I am new to Coin Collecting in regards to all the terminology and history and all the coins that are rare and what not. However, I have had most of my coins from childhood growing up. I just thought either they were cool, looked really nice or were just "perfect". I am now 32 life happens I need some liquidity and I found my old can of coins, I came across a lot of what I saw were rare and high priced coins online but you know how that is. I cannot really find anything like this one and I wanted some opinions!

To me it looks like the D Mint Mark is kinda filled and not pronounced like it should, as well as the letters on the left of the Drummer seemed to have a die (correct me if im wrong) error as well as the face of the drummer is missing the nose and mouth! Opinions? I guess if it is a legit error I have a lot of coins really nice ones that I just thought were cool with errors that a collector might want :)







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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Howdy and welcome to the boards.

    The partially filled-in D mintmark is a trivial occurrence during manufacture and adds no value or liquidity. The drummer's face, hands and torso are clearly damaged by something after it left the mint. This is known as post-mint damage (PMD) and if you aren't familiar with the minting process you may think lots of coins with PMD are errors. They aren't. There is also nothing I can tell that is unusual about the lettering.

    The coin is worth face value. As you appear to be aware, online "information" about coins and errors is rife with blatantly false claims, valuations and offers of sale. You would be best off to buy a copy of the Red Book and read it. Also, it is a tremendous time sink to examine common pocket change looking for the one in ten million error, but if you like it then go for it. Good luck!

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,506 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Worth a Quarter.

  • lermishlermish Posts: 3,242 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Howdy and welcome to the boards.

    The partially filled-in D mintmark is a trivial occurrence during manufacture and adds no value or liquidity. The drummer's face, hands and torso are clearly damaged by something after it left the mint. This is known as post-mint damage (PMD) and if you aren't familiar with the minting process you may think lots of coins with PMD are errors. They aren't. There is also nothing I can tell that is unusual about the lettering.

    The coin is worth face value. As you appear to be aware, online "information" about coins and errors is rife with blatantly false claims, valuations and offers of sale. You would be best off to buy a copy of the Red Book and read it. Also, it is a tremendous time sink to examine common pocket change looking for the one in ten million error, but if you like it then go for it. Good luck!

    I think we need to copy and paste the second paragraph of this response and create a bot to automatically post it on similar threads.

    Nicely written explanation for a mis-guided beginning collector.

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