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The ultimate Arizona error coin...PICS Added...NEW pics as requested

blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
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Seems my coin has a Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl located on the left cacti arm and quite large at that. Anybody seen this yet? Will post pics on my lunch break at noonish. image


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  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    TTT...for the picture
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,094 ✭✭✭
    Never seen a die blob there. There are bunches of them all over this coin, but I've never seen one there.

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  • gecko109gecko109 Posts: 8,231 ✭
    Thats is so cool that I now have to look at every quarter I get in change. Wonder if this is a new discovery? You should call coin world, or something like halfhunter did. You too could become famous.
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    Which coin did halfhunter become famous for?
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  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭


    << <i>Which coin did halfhunter become famous for? >>



    Hint: His name is John Nanney. image
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • coolestcoolest Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭
    If that were the two sides of the same coin then you would have a nice error.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fun "owl". image
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  • BrickAlleyBrickAlley Posts: 31
    I smell a prank. LOL
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    No prank but cool nevertheless.
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  • BrickAlleyBrickAlley Posts: 31
    I figured that you were pulling our leg ...PLEASE make sure to post more pictures when you get some time!
  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    better pics pls!!
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  • FilthyBrokeFilthyBroke Posts: 3,518 ✭


    << <i>better pics pls!! >>




    Yes, please see if you can get a clear shot of the affected area, and update us.

    Thx.

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  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭
    image
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    TTT... more pics coming today.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting... though I would think there would not be more... appears (from those pictures) to be a cud... could be wrong... Cheers, RickO
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rick, it's not a 'cud' by definition.

    A Cud has to involve the edge of the
    die - a piece of the die, from the edge
    inword, must break off. Then, the metal
    flows up into the recesses of that broken
    area, leaving a blob of metal, or a (cow's)
    "Cud", on that side, and a corresponding
    weakness exactly opposite that area on
    the coin, due to the lack of metal (it went
    instead up into the broken die area, instead
    of the other side of the coin).

    This Arizona Quarter is a Die Chip - similar,
    in that a piece of the die chipped away, but
    not a cud, which by definition must involve
    the edge of the die.

    Hope that wasn't too wordy......

    By the way, we're all waiting for an updated
    Cud Book to come out, hopefully next year or
    so.....I feel Cud's are a very underappreciated
    and not fully understood area of the Minting
    Process.
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  • ClosedLoopClosedLoop Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    when fred speaks people listen! I waiting to see better pic's as well.image
    figglehorn
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    TTT for new pics
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  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    TTT...
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  • laxmaster92laxmaster92 Posts: 777
    its just a die crack. Nothing big
  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    No more interest in this coin? I'll toss on ebay and see what it brings.
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  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭


    << <i>its just a die crack. Nothing big >>




    not a crack but a chip. same thing as this coin.

    very little premium on these. i pulled about 15 of these from a roll.
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  • blastpakblastpak Posts: 567
    Anybody else find one yet?
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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>its just a die crack. Nothing big >>




    not a crack but a chip. same thing as this coin.

    very little premium on these. i pulled about 15 of these from a roll.
    image >>



    man you have no idea how many of these I haveimage
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fred, thank you so much for the excellent explanation.... I appreciate the input. Although not a collector of these items, I prefer to be able to speak knowledgeably.... Cheers, RickO

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