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Wisconsin Extra Leaf Quarters now priced in the Grey Sheet

EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
In the Monthly Supplement on the last page under Early Singles.

This has been the last hold out for listing these coins, now everyone has the market information close at hand.

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  • Very cool!

    Cameron Kiefer
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool. image

    They deserve as much recognition as they can possibly get.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool...so, what are the prices listed? image
    (I am too cheap to get a copy right now as I am not going to a show anytime soon)

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭
    This is great news for the people that have a lot of them. Maybe now the price will go to where it should be. I'm glad I have hung on to mine.
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They sure made it hard to find....
    I guess putting in with the Washington Quarters didn't make "cents"
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
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  • << <i>Cool...so, what are the prices listed? image
    (I am too cheap to get a copy right now as I am not going to a show anytime soon) >>





    Yes, I'm curious, too.image
  • Whether you are the present owner or a future owner of a scarce Wisconsin Extra Leaf Quarter, we all owe Rick Snow and Chris Pilliod a round of applause now that these rare and significant statehood quarter varieties are now recognized in the Dealer's Grey Sheet !!! Rick, job well done !! I know that you have been striving for this for years. Kudos !!!! A few years ago, a coin dealer here in Texas called me and asked me what I thought a set of NGC MS 66 High and Low WI Extra Leaf quarters were worth wholesale. I told him what I would pay for the set which gave him some much needed pricing information. Now, all the coin dealers can refer to the Grey Sheet for current and reliable Extra Leaf quarter pricing ! Let the coins be priced in the Grey Sheet as their place in Numismatic History is set. Hopefully, Dansco and Whitman will be the next players to come around and have two designated slots for these coins in a truly "complete" Statehood Quarter Album. Ken Potter can add his own pages (slots) for each of his own self promoted 150 + MN DDR's quarters !! Rick, thanks for "staying the course" !! Mark Smith.
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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    guys, anyone have extra info they can direct me on these coins? I'd like to read more about them, etc
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  • So........what is the price for these "extra leaf" quarters?
    Chaz

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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    high = 145-160 in MS63, 450-485 in MS65
    low = 110-120 in MS63, 300-330 in MS65
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>high = 145-160 in MS63, 450-485 in MS65
    low = 110-120 in MS63, 300-330 in MS65 >>



    Danke

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • What do dealers typically pay based on the grey sheet prices? IF the grey sheet is listing the low leafs in ms65 for $300 to $330 these can be had on ebay for $150 to $175. Do most dealers pay half of the grey sheet?
  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The problem has been, dealers did not know what to pay for these. Now, or at least in the near future, there will be a viable market with nationwide dealer participation.

    A market based on ebay alone is bound to fail. There are sellers and buyers, yes, but there is not a market. If you buy a coin for X and a month later find a coin sell for X-$5 on ebay your natural assumption is a drop in the market. Why did the coin sell for less? How about no one was looking? If there are many places to go to sell the coin for X, then there will be many more people looking. Then when X becomes X+$25 more people will be looking and the market will be more orderly.

    The Grey Sheet bid offers a mark off of which transactions can be judged. I am sure the bids will move to the demand of the market.
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  • packers88, Ebay prices for the WI Extra Leaf Quarters in the future will tend to parallel the Dealer's Grey Sheet prices. One point, as dealers nationwide buy/sell Extra Leaf varieties, collectors will get a better value than buying coins sight unseen and many times unreturnable off of Ebay. Buying on Ebay is like living in the Wild, Wild West a hundred years ago. Just get skunked a few times and you will know what I mean !! When the coins were first discovered and offered on Ebay, you had a fair chance of buying a nice BU example at a occassional good price; then you would submit the coin(s) to PCGS or NGC. Ebay had a purpose in those early days of 2005. Now, a raw High/Low coin offered on Ebay has probably been bodybagged and returned from a quality grading company as unslabable !! As these scarce coins mature in the market place, all of us will enjoy dealing with first class coin dealers who will stand behind their product and will be willing to buy the varieties as well as sell them. There are several quality coin dealers in Arizonia who still buy and sell these quarters. Being in Texas, I personally do not know of any Texas coin dealers who cared to make a market with these coins. Those Texas dealers couldn't buy them at the front door and sell them quick enough through the back door ! What a shame !! Nothing like a Fast Buck !! I know of an Austin coin shop being located in an area that the many of these rare coins were distributed that to this day thinks that the coins are simply a promotional item. These two ladies didn't want to buy/sell the High/Low Leaf quarters over the last 3+ years because they were afraid that they could be ripping some regular customer off. Well, we all live and learn !!
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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>high = 145-160 in MS63, 450-485 in MS65
    low = 110-120 in MS63, 300-330 in MS65 >>



    Just picked up 2 pcgs low leaf ms65's for $250 ea on ebay.
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>guys, anyone have extra info they can direct me on these coins? I'd like to read more about them, etc >>





    here is some info, mkman123
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's amazing how long it takes for the truth to be told, then published as "accepted".
    We are cavemen, still.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>It's amazing how long it takes for the truth to be told, then published as "accepted".
    We are cavemen, still. >>




    I suspect that you are insulting our ancestors by ignoring eons of deevolution.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • Here are the values that are shown on the September 2008 Coin Dealer Newsletter Gray Sheet Monthly Supplement for the Wisconsin Extra Leaf State Quarter Varieties:

    Extra High Leaf: XF 75.00 - 85.00 AU : 125.00 - 135.00 MS 60: 130.00 - 145.00 MS 63: 145.00 - 160.00 MS 64: 250.00- 275.00
    MS 65: 450.00 - 485.00.

    Extra Low Leaf: XF 60.00 - 70.00 AU: 90.00 - 100.00 MS60: 100.00 - 110.00 MS63: 110.00 - 120.00 MS64: 200.00 - 220.00
    MS65: 300.00 -330.00.

    Have a great day !! Mark.
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  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What about MS 66? Best guess...
  • An estimated guess for MS 66: High Leaf : PCGS $1350.00 NGC $ 700.00

    Low Leaf: PCGS $850.00 NGC $ 450.00

    The NGC prices above are higher than prices realized on Ebay currently. That should correct itself over time. I have recorded each Wisconsin Extra Leaf Quarter Completed Sale on Ebay for the last two years. I have recorded each of the weekly WI Extra Leaf Quarter Pops of PCGS and NGC for the last two + years. Mark.
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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So what's a MS65 Ford "Discovery Set" worth these days?
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • Thanks to Eagle Eye and to HighLowLeaves (and all others involved) for your work.image It is appreciated.


    I was beginning to think no one was interested in these coins any more.
  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭
    We are all very interested and, just awaiting things like has just happened, to happen. Just one more small step in the right direction.
  • UtahCoin.... A Bob Ford NGC Discovery Set (Trio) of MS 65 WI quarters sold on Ebay in the last few months for $700. There are not many of these Discovery Sets (only 100 from MS67 - MS 64), so the future looks bright. Time is on your side for some appreciation. Mark.
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  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does this mean that these are now recognized by dealers as a Error or a variety or????? what does this mean?
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭



    ............i think it means it worth the time to check change for this quarterimage
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It means it is recognized as a variety. It has always been recognized as a variety. It has been proved to be a product of someone making their mark on our coinage at the mint in Denver in 2004. It is not a die error, or even a die variety in respect to the nature of the marks. It is an intentional alteration of the die by someone at the mint.

    Does that require a separate category? I don't know. Perhaps I does. "Altered die" is my submission. In die varieties we have doubled dies, repunched dates, misplaced digits, etc. Now we have altered dies!
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  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    I love the moderns, but, in my opinion, I consider this as Coin #1 in the Faux Rarity category.
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>...I consider this as Coin #1 in the Faux Rarity category. >>




    It's hardly a rarity in the classic sense but it is in every other. There
    are tens of millions of people who actively or passively collect states
    quarters. It just wouldn't take much interest to drive these prices to
    far higher levels.

    Even if this never happens though they are a virtually unique product
    of the US mint. There simply aren't any other "competing' designs. All
    the other varieties of this nature are more in the realm of "accidental"
    variations caused by non-standard work practices.

    The number made is reasonably well known even though it might well
    be a little higher than normally stated.

    They are legitimate types and their production apparently involved at
    least a small conspiracy. The coins were panned and even "set upon"
    by a large minority of the hobby right from the opening gate, even as
    they were still being found in circulation in the south west. They recie-
    ved national press and national attention.

    They have absolutely everything going for them; intrigue, exposure, dis-
    tribution, conspiracy, uniqueness, "rarity", and controversy. These are
    the elements not only of a good fictional book but a great collectible!!!
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    Yet another step in the well-managed promotion.
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • This is a great deal more that simply another step in a well- managed promotion and here is why..... It is a Huge Leap in establishing a dealer market for these scarce varieties. This promotion if you must call it that is based on extensive research by several well trained variety experts and a highly trained metalurgist who are highly respected members of Coneca. These coins deserve much attention and a place in serious numismatics. Let dealers and collectors nationwide determine what the coins are worth. If they fail the test in the future then they will decline in value. Some coin promotions are simply to enhance the selling price of dealer's coins or Hype !! Let the truth be known that no dealer IMHO holds any great quanitites of the High/Low coins. No one has controlled their prices. There was a serious run-up back in 2005-2006 by several zealous Ebay members that failed miserably. The background of the WI High/Low Leaf quarters is a past filled with much disinformation for their real origin at the Denver die shop in mid October, 2004. Several error/variety coin experts have said from day one that these rare coins were caused by a simply die gouge while being struck and that the coins were worth no more than $5 - $10 each !! All said, Mr. Potter and others have helped keep the prices of these coins down so many Statehood quarter collectors and variety coin collectors can buy them at a low price. To some, they are modern crap that should be used in commerce for a quarter. That is their opinion and so be it ! If you appreciate coins that have been researched much more than most, that have a real mystery origin that has been solved, that their mere existence has embarrased the Denver Mint officials... as it should, that combining PCGS and NGC Pops... there are only 6750 Highs graded and only 9150 Lows graded after almost four years, and a past full distractions and misinformation so "other" errors could be promoted at higher prices, then understand the facts and enjoy collecting coins. Many may realize in the future when these two varieties are bought and sold using the professional, unpromoted Gray Sheet prices that collectors can own a rare piece of Numismatic History.
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  • Great Thread and a Big "Thanks" to Rick and Chris and Mark for not Giving up on This Variety. I've Posted this Picture Here Before,But maybe there are Some New Members That Might Enjoy Seeing it. Ray in Florida..

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,763 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Does this mean that these are now recognized by dealers as a Error or a variety or????? what does this mean? >>



    Some dealers care.
    Others, such as myself, do not.
    You may decide for yourself if you care. They are not required for a complete collection of statehood quarters.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • 08HALA2008HALA20 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>They are not required for a complete collection of statehood quarters.
    TD >>






    Now if that happens. Look out!!! To the MOON.

    Joe
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> They are not required for a complete collection of statehood quarters. >>



    This is strictly opinion. Some people think the '16-D dime isn't required for a complete merc set.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yet another step in the well-managed promotion. >>



    It's a wonder that it was possible to get half the hobby to pan the coins
    but then these "promoters" will go to some extreme lenghts for a buck. image

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The nice part of the hobby is the novelty of owning something "cool".
    Another cool thing is having a coin that was not made using proper protocol. That just adds mystique and it makes for great stories to future generations. I like the high and low leaf coins. I flipped a few and regret not keeping a couple of each.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,763 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> They are not required for a complete collection of statehood quarters. >>



    This is strictly opinion. Some people think the '16-D dime isn't required for a complete merc set. >>



    Really? Who might that be?
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i> They are not required for a complete collection of statehood quarters. >>



    This is strictly opinion. Some people think the '16-D dime isn't required for a complete merc set. >>



    Really? Who might that be? >>



    They used to make the blue Whitman folders with a cardboard cut out
    remaining in the place for the '16-D. Apparently they figured most of
    their customers weren't going to collect the '16-D with the set.

    My point is merely that even though these are scarcer than the '16-D
    there will be people who consider them part of the set and will want
    them for their collections. Completeness is a matter of opinion which
    each collector will decide for himself.

    Certainly these are as legitimate a part of the states quarters set as
    the '16-D dime is of the mercury dime set. Indeed, they can be consi-
    dered even more legitimate since they are design variations. The states
    quarter set can be thought of as 52 different designs on circulating quar-
    ters. A mercury collector could simply use one coin of each date and not
    need the '16-D at all.

    It remains to be seen how many people consider the Wisconsin types to
    be a part of the set.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have the high/low and don't consider them part of the complete set....they are cool extras.
    "Novelties" like Joe said.....something "cool".

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • A few dealers in my area were saying a few years ago that if the leafs got in the redbook they would shoot up in price. They did, but nothing never really happened. I question the impact that the grey sheets will have on these leafs. It can't hurt, but as for a significant impact I don't know. I always say what are the famous errors or non-error in the last hundred years and my response is the 1909-s vdb, the 55 double die, the 37 legged buffalo, and the 1995 W ASE. All these coins have a story behind them that is fascinating and there aren't too many story coins, but the Wisconsin leaf is one of them that belongs in this group. Personally, it amazes me that this isn't a $500 coin right now for an UNC low leaf or more for a high leaf, but like I said to myself one day, all of these famous coins mentioned above have one thing in common and that is time on their side. It took 100 years for the 1909-s vdb to get to where it is today, 70 years for the 37 legged buffalo, 50 for the 55 double die, and even 13 years for the 1995 W. The Wisconsin leaf only has 4 years on its side. As for mintage I expect about 50,000 between the high and low leafs- not the greatest, but not the worst. I expect half of the collectors out there would be content with either a high or low leaf for their collection and the other half would need both. THe fact that a low or high leaf can satisfy a collector does somewhat hold the demand back because if all collectors needed both then the demand woud be higher for both, but again I believe that half of the collectors are happy to have just one.

    My second reasoning as to why these aren't as high as some expected by now is the competition from the presidential dollar errors. Remember everyone only has so much money to spend and if your budget is a $1000 to spend on error coins and if you want a low leaf unc you are out only $100 or so, so you have $900 left. Well without the presidential dollar errors you could have a high leaf unc for $175 and still have plenty of money left, but now with the presidential errors you might want an Adams smooth, and Adams double, and a Washington Smooth and not have enough for that high leaf. So there has been more errors to come out of the mInt since the leafs and lets not forget the 2008 2007 reverse.

    I've said this before and I will say it again, I believe that the sleeper of all the post 2000 errors will be the Adams smooth edge. This error has held up nicely in price, there are estimated mintages of between 6000 and 9000. How many coins have a mintage of under 10,000 that you know of?? Best of all, it is still affordable. I picked up a nice raw at a show for $350 and a 65 for $465 in the past few months. I believe a promoter will come in start swiping this up and move prices considerably to the upside, but again this is only my opinion and if no promoter or promoters come in I'm still complacent with this coin because of the relatively low numbers known to exist.

  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This is a great deal more that simply another step in a well- managed promotion and here is why..... It is a Huge Leap in establishing a dealer market for these scarce varieties. >>



    In my opinion, no, it is just another step in the process...

    First, lobbying by certain "interested" parties gets them listed in the Redbook. Now, those same parties lobby successfully for inclusion in the Grey Sheet. If I were a betting man, I'd wager that Whitman and Dansco folders are next, and viola, the well-managed promotion has grown even more legs, and those "interested" parties who made the market in these to begin with are heralded for the continued price appreciate which will result.

    Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that -- but it is what it is...or it is at least how I see it, and you are free to disagree. image

    Respectfully...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Certainly these are as legitimate a part of the states quarters set as the '16-D dime is of the mercury dime set. >>



    Don't you think the beter parallel is the 42/1 rather than the 16-D? If not, why not? Thanks in advance...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭
    Wow! One little step for these quarters sure brings out all the ill feelings in people. Why is everyone so upset about them?
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Certainly these are as legitimate a part of the states quarters set as the '16-D dime is of the mercury dime set. >>



    Don't you think the beter parallel is the 42/1 rather than the 16-D? If not, why not? Thanks in advance...Mike >>




    Perhaps a better comparison would be to the '16 quarter or the 1883 NC nickel. These
    are different designs than the designs that the mint intended to issue. These aren't in-
    advertant die varieties like a DDO or a leg polished off a buffalo but were intended as ad-
    ditional designs. Does it really matter if they are "official" so long as they were issued by
    the US mint?

    It's true they are the same date and mint as a very similar design but they still constitute
    two additional designs to a series that already has "50" different designs. Many people
    will see these as a natural part of the states quarters set.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,413 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pitboss, I think there are a ton of egos in this hobby and when someone gets to "be right" there are a lot of sour grapes. A game of the ins vs. the outs.

    I agree with Mike, it was a well manged promotion, and good for them. We all learned something. I should say we all learning something except thoses that know it all already.

    By the way the Presidential election is another well managed promtion....
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Certainly these are as legitimate a part of the states quarters set as the '16-D dime is of the mercury dime set. >>



    Don't you think the beter parallel is the 42/1 rather than the 16-D? If not, why not? Thanks in advance...Mike >>




    Perhaps a better comparison would be to the '16 quarter or the 1883 NC nickel. These
    are different designs than the designs that the mint intended to issue. These aren't in-
    advertant die varieties like a DDO or a leg polished off a buffalo but were intended as ad-
    ditional designs. Does it really matter if they are "official" so long as they were issued by
    the US mint?

    It's true they are the same date and mint as a very similar design but they still constitute
    two additional designs to a series that already has "50" different designs. Many people
    will see these as a natural part of the states quarters set. >>



    Clad,

    Thanks for your response!

    Yes, I do think the mint's intention matters. Those two examples you site were intentional and officially released by the mint. I doubt that this coin would have been released had it been caught. That said, I'm not as familiar as some with the events surrounding these coins, so please correct me if I'm wrong...

    Personally, the closest parallel I can think of is the proof "superbird" Washington quarters. Like these coins, apparently they were issued without noticing the clandestine addition of a feature to the coin by mint employees. It is interesting to note that you don't see those as part of the Redbook or the CDN.

    Respectfully...Mike (who is not at all upset or holding ill-feelings about anything, but I do prefer to call a spade a spade)
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.

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