What would you do with this coin?

rikker

I got this coin out of the 2002 silver proof set, and would like to honestly know what to do with it. It has doubling on lettering strongest on quarter and dollar and the mint mark. I would really like the opinions of the more experienced collectors than myself. thanks Rick here

darktone

rikker- you must have a problem with your picture as I don't see one when I click on your link. mike

66Tbird

Nice,, I hope I get one like that. That may or may not answer your question.

Placid

Works for me.
I would hang on to it.

mnmcoin

rikker, that sure looks like doubling from a die, not the machine doubling...I think you've got something there. Based on the pictures, it looks like Class 1 rotated hub doubling. There looks to be fully seperated serifs and the secondary image looks rounded, these are all good signs of real doubled die coinage. If I were you, I would pick out a show where ANACS will be at. They give free opinions, and I always takes possible error coins to them and get there opinion...but if I had to bet from your pictures I would say the coin looks like a winner. Have that sucker attributed quickly before someone else finds it.

Which quarter is it on by the way?

morris <><

koynekwest

Looks like some very deceptive machine doubling to me. Were it a true doubled die, I would expect to see doubling on the designer's initials also. Doubled dies are supposed to be impossible since 1998 due to the "singe hubbing" proceedure now practiced all Mints.

rikker

Thanks for the responses, mnmcoin said I should get it attributed. How do I do something like that? Also any one know when there are any coin shows near milwaukee? It is on the Indiana Quarter. Thanks again Rick One more? Why did he say get it attributed before someone else does, what would the difference be?

BNE

Rikker: One way is to formally submit it to ANACS for certification, attribution and slabbing. (Other grading services are good, too, but ANACS is tops in errors.) Another way is to send it to J.T. Stanton: I think I recall reading in the Cherrypicker's Guide that, for a small fee, he will take a look at it and tell you what you've got.

Don't have my Guide here: folks, is this right?

I think the suggestion to do it before anyone else does is so that you can be the "discoverer" of the error, and maybe get credit as such in a new edition of Cherrypicker's Guide. It is a "prestige thing" to be the person who discovered a variety or error.

ldhair

Not my area but, some thoughts. The scan shows some hook at the ends of the doubling. Can't tell if the doubling is rounded. Are proofs still struck twice? If so could the coin have moved in the collar and what would you call that type of doubling? I'm just guessing. We need DOG to join in. You might wait to mess the set.

rikker

Hi, I e mailed one of the attributers at coneca and asked permission to send the coin in. Here was his response. " Rick:
I indeed adminster an attribution program for CONECA. See our web site at www.conecaonline.org Club members send 20th century US coins to me for attribution. I check them against the club files and assign the appropriate variety identification. If new I take photos for the club files and insue a registration certificate. The attribution fee is $2.50 per coin plus return P&I ($5.00 per package).

Doubled dies are not possible on US coins after 1997, because the mint changed the process by which they make dies. The doubling on your 2002 quarter is mostly the result of die deterioration/abrasion.

Yes, I will attribute varieties that are in slabs including ANACS.

Thanks,

James Wiles
CONECA 20th Century Die Variety Attributer" So I sent the coin to ANACS today I hope they see something.

Dog97

Wiles is correct. It is common machine doubling but it is still really neat.

rikker

Thanks Dog97, So I guess I just wasted my money sending it to ANACS. Is there no value to it?

Dog97

No prem. Sorry.

kryptonitecomics

It is neat, but not particularly rare as Machine doubling can be found on just about every denomination minted. I would hold on to it as it's certainly not your average coin. Enjoy!

Android

I checked both of my 2002 proof sets and both have the same doubling on the Indiana quarter described above.
Has anyone else checked theirs yet?

I found the doubling on my SILVER proof sets, not the clad ones.

Andy