1989 No P Quarter - error, variety, or neither?

xbob

I picked this up for $18 as an oddity for my quarter collection.



I found this on Scott Travers Site...
The 1989 no-P Washington quarter.
Unlike the error dime seven years earlier, the no-P
quarter of 1989 seems to have resulted from dirt or grease in
the die, rather than someone's failure to stamp the mint mark
into the die to begin with. Essentially, the clogging caused
the letter "P" to be missing, or barely visible, on some of
the P-mint quarters struck that year. There has been some
controversy over just how significant this particular error
coin may be. There's no disputing, though, that many examples
have changed hands for $50 or more. That should be incentive
enough for you to seek this coin in your pocket or purse.

Seems just as legit as a 1922 No D cent to me.

Anybody have a better example than my circulated beat up one?

LanLord

Probably a grease filled die.

But cool to keep!

19Lyds

I dont have one which is probably the big distinction between it and the 1922 no D. Evidently enough of the no D's were released to make it a variety instead of an error.

BillJones

The type 2 1922 Plain cent is a die state. It is not a die variety because the "D" was not left off the die. It simply wore off as the die was overused. The other two 1922 Plain cents could be called mint errors of a sort. It seems they were caused by filled dies.

This quarter also falls into the mint error category. The die was filled with grease.

The doubled die cents and other coins are die varieties. The term "error" seems to be reserved for problems that occur at the time of striking.

cladking

There were people paying a lot for this error back in '89 but there is no
realk interest in it anymore. You can find these for most years if you look
at a lot of coins but I don't even bother to save them unless the mint mark
is completely missing.

If you want to pay big premiums for this stuff then stick with varieties and
spectacular errors. Minor errors almost never hold their premiums.