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State Quarter experts - what do I do now? (fixed links)

bizzarribizzarri Posts: 113
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Notice the missing mint mark. I removed this from a US Mint mixed bag (1999-2000).

mystery quarter obverse

mystery quarter reverse

Maurice
Lurking with intent to loom

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Pictures don't work!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • KlectorKidKlectorKid Posts: 3,723
    Lniks dont work... for me atleast.
    image
  • bohica268bohica268 Posts: 478 ✭
    No pictures, but I would guess grease-filled dies. Put it in an air-tite and look for more.
  • bizzarribizzarri Posts: 113
    just fixed links... sorry
    Maurice
    Lurking with intent to loom
  • bizzarribizzarri Posts: 113
    Please educate me - how can I tell if it's a grease filled die? That certainly makes sense to me...the coin is pretty rough for an UNC, definely the roughest out of the bag. Is that one way to tell?

    I own a book on coin errors, I will reread the section on grease filled dies. Thanks for the collective wisdom.

    regards,
    Maurice
    Lurking with intent to loom
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I just prefer to call missing letters a filled die. There's no way of telling what it was filled with. Should not be confused with struck thru grease, which affects a larger area of the coin and leaves a lackluster wavy surface.
    Struck thru grease is caused by a glob of grease dropping out of the machinery onto the planchet or die.
    Filled die is a build up of crud in the shallow design areas.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.

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