Still One Of My Favorites :)

This seated error evaded nearly a century and a half on a battlefield of mishaps scar free. Struck during a period when no one collected mint errors and coins as such quickly became love tokens or holed for suspension. Within the last few decades it also escaped being dipped bright white to showcase the error. So glad someone tucked it away and it managed being properly preserved by all collectors along the way.
To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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Simply Stunning !
beautiful coin
That is a darling of a quarter!
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Mesmerizing.
That is a great coin..... and in a remarkable state of preservation..... Cheers, RickO
That’s sweet
Latin American Collection
Love it!
BHNC #203
Agreed, it's a beauty. What's the back story? How long have you owned it, when/where did you acquire it, what is the grade, etc.?
Thanks everyone!
I've probably owned this for a decade or so.
I was in the right place at the right time.
At first glance beyond the error the host coin not only talked to me, but also walked and chewed bubble gum.
It's in a older PCGS MS holder.
Fantastic coin, and as the OP said, the fact that it survived at all is surprising and a testament to its previous (and current) caretakers.
It was laying on top of the newly minted coins when the coiner spotted it and plucked it from eventual circulation. Preservation after it's lucky plucky has kept it in pristine condition. Nice specimen for this date and type of error.
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In a perfect world doing a error type set with every coin as such would be awesome.
Sadly even with Bob & Homer Simpsons budget to shake any coin like this out of the woodwork they just aren't out there.
But also walked and chewed bubble gum....LOL... I love the pull away toning at the date!
Awesome!
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Über cool!
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I love it. Very cool, and great color!
thanks for showing
I first handled that coin in the
mid-to-late '70's.
It was impressive even back then
as an incredibly high grade major
error type coin that wasn't an
Indian Cent or Morgan Dollar.
Owned it again in early '90's, I think.
I'm really glad you own it now !
Very impressive. The originality is great! Thanks for sharing.
Nice coin indeed
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Wow. Beautiful.
FredWeinberg, Thanks for some of it's history.
Being dated pre 1900 it didn't fit my 20th century type set, but once I saw it I had to own it.
That one would certainly be one of my favorites too... cool piece!
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Sorry I can't remember more about it -
I know the first time I ever saw it was
at a coin show, but, as they said in this
'50's R & R song:
" I can't remember where, or when"
Amazing coin!
It is incredible that someone with the means took it out of circulation as a curiosity and preserved it.
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Love it
That's a great looking and interesting quarter dollar there!
Mahvelous!!!
That is a gorgeous specimen. Love it!
Fabulous! WTG, Broadstruck.
Lance.
I think shortly after I joined this forum I saw you post this one. I kept the image ever since and look at it often.


I hope you don’t mind sharing this beauty with me
I too love the originality of it.
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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Beautiful mint error. Didn't you post and off center Morgan too, years back?
Thanks Folks!
afford, It's designated as 5% off center.
coinsarefun, Enjoy!
morgansforever, I still own that also and can post it again.
Beautiful! What's not to like?
Well ... one improvement would be if the face value was just 5 cents less ...
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
astrorat, Have you ever seen a Unc double dime error?
There as a Gem BU 1875 Twenty Cent Piece,
struck 40% off Center at 12:00, in the Milt Cohen
collection sold in 1981. My hand-written notes
show that it was priced at $12,000 at that time -
a huge amount for an error coin.
I don't know who bought it, and as far as I know,
it has not surfaced since then.
Wonderful showpiece.
BHNC #203
Wow will have to dig out Milt's catalog.
$12K was a lot as that was a new Corvette or 1/3 of a house.
1/3 of a house?
You aren't from LI, are you.
BHNC #203
...or from southern calif., back then!
Nope.... My parents paid $39K for a 4 bdrm, 2 bath house around the same times as the Milton sale.
That's something I've kept in mind when holding a coin with such an asking price at a show and considering it.
....but that wasn't in L.A. in 1981, right?
Nope not L.A.... As if I lived in CA you'd see me so often I'd be calling you Uncle Fred by now

Boy, that is one sharp quarter !!
B/S - I don't doubt that, cousin !
(in case anyone reads my above post wrong,
the B/S refers to Broadstruck - I'm not calling
him out !)