mis-stamped New Jersey quarter??

Bond007

As I stated in my other post, I've been purchasing uncirculated Statehood quarters from the US Mint since they've been issued in 1999 and I discovered that my '99 New Jersey quarter from the Philadelphia mint (which is still packaged in the plastic from the mint) is not completely stamped on the reverse side of the coin. Has anyone else in here ever come across this type of thing with an uncirculated coin directly from the mint? Is anyone aware if Philadelphia experienced any problems while minting the New Jersey quarter?

I'll try to scan it later and post a pic of it here if anyone's interested. As far as a description goes, the "RSEY" in New Jersey is completely missing, the "7" in 1787 is almost non-existant, the last person in the boat, the end of the boat itself and the "rock" under the boat is only a light outline, the "E" in "THE" is very light, and "UNUM" just does not exist on this coin.

Any comments or guidance on this would be a great help!

Thanks!

Jamie

kamehameha00

It is a grease filled die, very common and carries little if no premium at all.

cladking

Sometimes these will show almost no disturbance where the design should be. There
are probably a few collectors for them, but there is no established market for any grease
filled die coins. A few have risen to fame in the past but they usually lose their premiums
after a while.

One should be careful before dismissing such coins also. This is sometimes caused by pol-
ishing of dies and these are occasionally highly sought after. Coins such as the '22 cent,
'37-D three-leg nickel, and no designer initial '66 half dollar have wide followings.

The NJ quarter was plagued by grease filled dies and it's common on many moderns and
ultra moderns.