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Still One Of My Favorites :)

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 19, 2017 5:02AM in U.S. Coin Forum

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.


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  • VoyageurVoyageur Posts: 351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Simply Stunning !

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  • zippcityzippcity Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭✭

    beautiful coin

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,490 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a darling of a quarter!

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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mesmerizing.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a great coin..... and in a remarkable state of preservation..... Cheers, RickO

  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s sweet

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love it!

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  • PQueuePQueue Posts: 901 ✭✭✭

    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.?

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    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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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    At first glance beyond the error the host coin not only talked to me, but also walked and chewed bubble gum. .

    But also walked and chewed bubble gum....LOL... I love the pull away toning at the date!

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Awesome!

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Über cool!

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  • mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I love it. Very cool, and great color!

  • kenwright396kenwright396 Posts: 45 ✭✭

    thanks for showing

  • KoveKove Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭

    Very impressive. The originality is great! Thanks for sharing.

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin indeed :smile:

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,965 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow. Beautiful.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 19, 2017 1:34PM

    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.

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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That one would certainly be one of my favorites too... cool piece!

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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"

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  • DCWDCW Posts: 7,554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love it

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  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a great looking and interesting quarter dollar there!

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,584 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mahvelous!!!

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  • HadleydogHadleydog Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭

    That is a gorgeous specimen. Love it!

  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fabulous! WTG, Broadstruck.
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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,749 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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 ;):)o:)
    I too love the originality of it.

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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful mint error. Didn't you post and off center Morgan too, years back?

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Folks! :)

    afford, It's designated as 5% off center.

    coinsarefun, Enjoy! :)

    morgansforever, I still own that also and can post it again.

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful! What's not to like?

    Well ... one improvement would be if the face value was just 5 cents less ... ;)

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    astrorat, Have you ever seen a Unc double dime error?

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonderful showpiece.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    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.

    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.

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @FredWeinberg said:
    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.

    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. :)

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...or from southern calif., back then!

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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.

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ....but that wasn't in L.A. in 1981, right?

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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 ;):D

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Boy, that is one sharp quarter !!

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    B/S - I don't doubt that, cousin !

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    (in case anyone reads my above post wrong,
    the B/S refers to Broadstruck - I'm not calling
    him out !)

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