Wyoming Quarter Die Break

ProofModerns

So I'm going through my P roll of Wyoming quarters and I noticed this die break on at least 4 quarters in the roll.
(It's near the bottom of the neck)

Will die varieties become popular on a coin like the statehood quarter?
Will the die break affect the grade by PCGS?

Here's some pics:

Mercury10c

<< <i>Will die varieties become popular on a coin like the statehood quarter? >>


No. I think once the series ends and people, especially new collectors, realize that they are worth
exactly 25 cents, they will not be collected very heavily. The striking of hundreds of millions of each
coin means that there are probably hundreds of die varieties for each date and MM. Way to many.



<< <i>Will the die break affect the grade by PCGS? >>


No. Unless that coin is pushing MS70 (and it doesn't appear to be) it will cost about 50 times more to
grade it than the coin is worth.

I've looked through many state quarters and that die break is pretty common. That one is much bigger
than most I've seen, which makes it a neat item, and worth haning onto.

Cgb

Cool breakage.

cladking

Minor errors will almost certainly be more popular on these than almost any other coin (Lincolns might beat it), but the problem is that this demand is unlikely to ever become very large. Further is the problem that there are so many different minor errors that demand tends to be "nonspecific"; that is, buyers just want examples of coins that are readily available and lose interest in "rare" errors.

What is working for these is that there are so very many collectors. If many decide to start adding minor errors some will become more valuable as types. Clipped planchets, for instance, are none too coomon on the later states issues so could experience much more specific demand. Cuds and more significant errors would be the primary beneficiaries since there are so many fewer available. Die breaks have a tendency to be much more common on the first couple years of issue of new coins so short series like the states coins are plagued with them. There may be some specific coins that are much scarcer and these would be more highly sought should any demand materialize. Saving a few of these is probably wise but paying a premium is very unwise unless you're actually collecting them and know which are worth a premium.