You have too see this error!!!
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Been collecting for 40+ years and never found anything like this. This is a 1956 D Washington from an unopened bank roll which I opened the other day. The "R" is an incuse impression. I assume in the minting process the "R" was dropped from another quarter and "imprinted" on this one. Have you seen this before? Welcome opinions and more detailed explanation of how this might have happened.
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<< <i>Interesting. It doesn't look like it exactly matches the R in trust. Still interesting.
-Amanda >>
i think the r's do match. just a bit distorted.
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<< <i>Interesting. It doesn't look like it exactly matches the R in trust. Still interesting.
-Amanda >>
i think the r's do match. just a bit distorted. >>
I agree. Remember, the metal doing the impression is softer than a die. It would distort rather quickly i would think.
Probably not many like that.
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<< <i>It doesn't look like a dropped letter (hardened grease from a filled letter that fell out). The color of the impression should be different. This almost looks like a counter-stamp. >>
I agree
A "dropped letter" is a very cool find. I don't think you will find it defined under LINGO on this site, but it does fall under this definition: error
A numismatic item that unintentionally varies from the norm. Ordinarily, overdates are not errors since they were done intentionally while other die-cutting “mistakes” are considered errors. Double dies, planchet clips, off-metal strikings, etc. also are errors.
It is quite rare to find and though some like to try and call it post strike it appears to have complete luster, this one is out of a new roll of quarters and unsearched. Chances are you have an MS66+ error that is certainly in HOT demand by some collectors of errors. I, for one, love it and would be more than happy to bid against others for it
now , on the flipside of the coin...
it's junk...
I'll give ya five bucks for it
How can anyone claim that it is post strike when the error is clearly caused by the coin being struck with a piece of a filled die between it and one of the dies?
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<< <i>Interesting. It doesn't look like it exactly matches the R in trust. Still interesting. -Amanda >>
i think the r's do match. just a bit distorted. >>
I agree, matches the R in TRUST, great find.
Great Find, Congratulations!!!!
I never heard or saw this type of error either until last month
This is how it was explained to me on the Ohio:
A letter recess on the die fills with gunk, which becomes hardened under pressure of repeated strikes and then drops out intact. This piece is hard enough that it is struck into the next coin. (The impression should be sunken into the surface of the coin.)
The retention of some original "gunk" in the dropped letter is regarded as a nice bonus, a pretty rare error.
Here's 2 dropped letter coins I Found last month
This Ohio State Quarter was found in a $25.00 mint Bag. It was featured in Coin world last month and is now at PCGS for grading.
This 1999 Lincoln was found when I opened a sealed box of 3 1999 Mint sets. It is on it's way back from CW and will be in a upcoming issue. It is still in the Mint set along with the other coins. Should I leave it in the set? Or cut it and send it off to PCGS?
send it in to be graded & see if a TPG agrees that its a dropped letter.
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the top left of the "W". Is this just photo effects?
Bob
<< <i>This 1999 Lincoln was found when I opened a sealed box of 3 1999 Mint sets. It is on it's way back from CW and will be in a upcoming issue. It is still in the Mint set along with the other coins. Should I leave it in the set? Or cut it and send it off to PCGS? >>
If it is a dropped letter on the Lincoln cent (see Condors post) then I would contact PCGS to see if it can be certified in it's original holder. If they won't do it then I'd ask NGC.
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Light machine doubling... not a doubled die.
Can you get a picture without direct lighting?
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<< <i>More likely post-mint stamped/punched with an R? >>
No way. I don't see any raised, displaced metal surrounding it. Definitely a dropped letter! And a real BEAUTY!
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On the other hand, this also means that there has got to be a least 1 "IN GOD WE T UST" our there somewhere!
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<< <i>On the other hand, this also means that there has got to be a least 1 "IN GOD WE T UST" our there somewhere! >>
It could have other letters missing as well. The other letters simply didn't drop onto the next planchet. (Suppose TRU were filled, a coin struck and the T and U fell out and got carried off on that coin. The next planchet comes in and THEN the R falls out and lands on the planchet in the coining chamber.)