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2020 Tallgrass Prairie Quarter error?

I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

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  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    what is the error that you see?

    ----- kj
  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 37,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

    What error? A little die chip?

    I am curious why you think that a tiny error that is barely noticeable should be a valuable error? Oh, that's right, because you own it.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Enjoy it for what it is.

    Many happy BST transactions
  • backwardcoinsbackwardcoins Posts: 16
    edited September 13, 2025 6:01AM

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

    What error? A little die chip?

    I am curious why you think that a tiny error that is barely noticeable should be a valuable error? Oh, that's right, because you own it.

    @tincup said:
    what is the error that you see?

    DIe Chip? Die Break?

  • @Galter said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

    What error? A little die chip?

    I am curious why you think that a tiny error that is barely noticeable should be a valuable error? Oh, that's right, because you own it.

    @tincup said:
    what is the error that you see?

    DIe Chip? Die Break?

  • I am asking for a learning experience, would I like to find the Holy Grail? Sure, just like all of you. No sense sending something back into the coffers IF it is something worth keeping.

  • CregCreg Posts: 931 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error.

    They are easy to buy. This seller has not sold his.

  • @Creg said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error.

    They are easy to buy. This seller has not sold his.

    Thank You! Agreed, THAT is why I am asking. I admit I don't know much about coins, but they do fascinate me. Just curious why some errors that are hardly noticeable are money coins and others are not.

  • CregCreg Posts: 931 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Members appreciate enthusiasm and courtesy. Thank you.
    Read more, then ask questions. Here is a recent thread by a new member that digressed kinda in that area—note her preparation:
    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1116409/2004-lewis-and-clark-nickel-error#latest

  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One reason is that a common die chip is not considered an error, it is a die state caused by a
    worn die that has chipped. There could be thousands of the same out there as once the die chips,
    every coin struck after that will show that chip until the die is retired is retired.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 37,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 13, 2025 9:02AM

    @backwardcoins said:

    @Creg said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error.

    They are easy to buy. This seller has not sold his.

    Thank You! Agreed, THAT is why I am asking. I admit I don't know much about coins, but they do fascinate me. Just curious why some errors that are hardly noticeable are money coins and others are not.

    There are very few "errors" that are hardly noticeable that are worth anything.

    There are a few varieties that are, but that's because there are variety collectors in different series. If you can get that variety into Redbook or the PCGS registry, it'll be worth something.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 13, 2025 2:30PM

    @backwardcoins said:
    Just curious why some errors that are hardly noticeable are money coins and others are not.

    That's an excellent question. I'm pretty sure the answer has already been given on this thread, although not highlighted as much as it could have been.

    But it really depends on what you mean by "money coins". Could you give 10 examples that you feel ARE money coins, so we're all on the same page?

    Even better... After you give 10 examples, can YOU describe what they have in common that is not shared with your Tallgrass Prairie quarter?

  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 653 ✭✭✭✭

    Like everything else price is dictated by supply and demand. Collectors just aren't interested in little things like die chips, small die cracks, minor filled dies, things that can easily be found in circulation. If there's no market for them, then there is no value.

  • CregCreg Posts: 931 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 13, 2025 1:01PM

    They’re all money.
    You meant “money”?
    How can we who ain’t getting rich on coins gonna help another get rich?
    Why would they who get rich on coins share their secrets over a party line?
    This is help for collectors, not assistance to resellers.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 10,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

    What error? A little die chip?

    I am curious why you think that a tiny error that is barely noticeable should be a valuable error? Oh, that's right, because you own it.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 37,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Morgan White said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Galter said:
    I am curious why the error on the butterfly's wing is not considered a value error. Thank you for your expertise!

    What error? A little die chip?

    I am curious why you think that a tiny error that is barely noticeable should be a valuable error? Oh, that's right, because you own it.

    Sometimes, it's one of those days...

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

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