?? on Wisconsin Leaf Error Quarters?

BAJJERFAN

So are these starting to be found by the bucketful around the country?

Steve27

Surprizingly, the answer is no. Have any been found outside of Arizona?

ss350camaro

Looks like the prices (at least on eBay) are starting to drop like a stone.

pharmer

Have you seen reports to that effect? I've been trying to watch the ebay claims, seems no word on those "reported" finds in far flung places. The last pcgs pop report here showed just 5 more from the previous number, all lower leafs.

Lakesammman

A number of the high priced sales looked like shilling to me. I suspect the nice certified coins will continue to do well, the uncertified less well.

291fifth

My guess is that one die of each type was used. Anyone know what the current die life for quarters is? It is possible that the alterations to the dies were caught prior to the completion of the run for that die. I wonder who was responsible? I think the "die crack" theory is balony.

ChangeIsGood

I bought a used die from the mint just to see one. I figured the price was cheap and a bit of a novelty. It came with a ca. It stated this die produced 143,292 quarters.

Murphy

This auction may have caused people to think that they are being found in other parts of the country.
Inside this auction a possible shill or else a real winner left feedback that he'd found a couple leaf varieties in other rolls from completed auctions that he claims are from the same box. And the item location for the auction is "Western Nebraska
United States". Don't know whether to believe this seller or not. Don't know where the box of quarters actually came from. It would warrant some fact finding first before I'd go for that.
2004-D WIS QUARTERS
Seems kinda dumb to be selling rolls for $50 that could potentially be worth thousands! I've got 40 rolls left that I got at the bank and I'm perty sure they do not contain leaf variety quarters, because I searched 10 rolls myself and came up empty handed. If I'd found two low leafs in one of my rolls, you bet I'd have searched the rest myself, not sell them. To sell those that you think might really contain a high or low leaf - that's plumb weird. I get a little suspicious. Is this guy trying to sell the same stuff like I got and using a shill to promote them or did he actually get these from Arizona or Texas when passing through there on a trip?

Coin Finder

The Mint has stated in coin world that the ave die life for states quarters is around 250,000 strikes per die. Some higher some lower.

(Minor correction the coin world dated Feb 28 states that the ave die life for a "quarter reverse" is about 250,000 strikes)

My guess with the low output in Denver for these quarters that the dies where retired early to make a nicer overall batch. This is just a guess.

I think the Mint is afraid to say anything or feel they have already said it.

I do know that every die is accounted for, is signed in and out for use and after use and for defacing. If these dies have not been defaced, they are in a vault somewhere. All one has to do is look at the dies one by one and the story could solved in five minutes. That would be approx. 1000 dies if each did 250,000 strikes. The final mintage in Denver for the Wisconsin quarters was approx 250,000,000

Tbig

pharmer

That's interesting info.