Martha Quarter Found!!
mintluster
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Anyone read that story in the new Coin World about the 25 cent experimental piece.
I'm sorry, but am I the ONLY person that finds it very strange and MYSTERIOUS that these special one-of-a-kind rare coins always seem to just pop up out of nowhere. I really just don't buy it. I think these things are consistently and purposely placed into circulation for coin collecting exposure, in the hopes of getting people to run out and start collecting to try and find that ONE SPECIAL COIN. It's like a damn lotto ticket!!
Unbelievable.
Just like all of those stupid Sacagawea/quarter "errors" that were minted on -purpose- and then found their way out into circulation.
This is amazing! I don't know why I get suprised everytime its a new "error."
I'm sorry, but am I the ONLY person that finds it very strange and MYSTERIOUS that these special one-of-a-kind rare coins always seem to just pop up out of nowhere. I really just don't buy it. I think these things are consistently and purposely placed into circulation for coin collecting exposure, in the hopes of getting people to run out and start collecting to try and find that ONE SPECIAL COIN. It's like a damn lotto ticket!!
Unbelievable.
Just like all of those stupid Sacagawea/quarter "errors" that were minted on -purpose- and then found their way out into circulation.
This is amazing! I don't know why I get suprised everytime its a new "error."
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that thread is a great read IMO.
Sunnywood
NO I do not!! This is a joke and unfortunately it is a regular occurance with our coins. I'm sick of it.
I think they are all done on purpose to give exposure to our coin market.
It's sad. I wish nobody would even bid on it. I want to see it destroyed.
some sort of conspiracy. Phillip Diehl had the '96-W dimes struck. This is the sort
of thing that happens when they set out to create something special- - 1.3 million
unc dimes included in mint sets. The stated reason for making these was to reward
long time mint sets buyers and to recognize the dime on its 50th anniversary.
Mint workers are only human and it's human nature to play and experiment. "Imposs-
ible" mint ant proof sets turn up with some frequency; proof sets with die caps jam-
med in them, mint sets composed of the dogs of the day or entirely gems, etc. It seems
likely that some of these other coins have the same origination, just mint workers play-
ing around with the equipment. Of course there's no legal or viable way for them to
get the coins outside of the mint so they end up getting tossed in the scrap or in the
product stream.
Many of these are likely entirely accidental and difficult to intercept too. Planchets, struck
scrap, coins, and other identifiable mint material gets everywhere. It's underfoot, in the presses,
under the conveyors, and everywhere else. It's not too surprising that some of this gets into
the stream at a time which causes an error of some sort. Mint operations is a complicated and
highly involved procedure, errors can crop up at nearly any stage.
The Martha Washington test pieces have been used for several denominations in dozens of
compositions for nearly forty years. They have been used many times and have struck millions
of planchets. The dies are loaned to outside contractors to test their planchets and equipment.
It would be surprising if there were none of these test pieces in existence.
The thread on the 1974 cent been pulled. Don't know why, but it has me concerned. It was...all about coins.
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