"warty nose Washington"
dontknowcents
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Does anyone know when the first 2022 P Sally Ride quarter with this error was found?
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First of all it is not an error, it is a die chip which is a die event ( just part of the minting process).
Second, how would anyone possibly know when the first one was found.
Wow! Good one you got there. lol. But I was referring to the other side of the coin. It gives George a pretty nice witches wart right on the nose. I should have been a bit clearer as to what I was asking. Sorry about that, first post. And thinks for the welcome in.
I have held on to a few coins off and on through the years. Looking at them now, years later I see that I've picked up alot of just old dirty coins. But I do have some nice ones also. I haven't read any kinda handbook on collecting but I always thought that being the fist one to find a coin with flaws but otherwise in mint shape and get it graded was something to shot for.
It's just a die chip on Washington's nose. Die chips are very common as a die begins to fail, and they can appear anywhere on a coin. They really aren't considered errors and generally aren't collected so not worth having graded. If you want to find a coin worth having graded, look for one without flaws, not with them. Extremely high-grade coins are generally the ones with value, no flaws, well struck, perfect.
Ok so I get the whole die chip thing as far as what they are and how they come about. I guess this is where confusion on my part comes in at, now like I had said I've not read any kind of coin collecting for dummies but it seems like high-grade coins would be easy to get your hands on knowing a release date and a trip to the bank. Coins with flaws, errors, die chips or any of the other names they have, not damage from circulation but something that slipped by Q.C. on it's way out of the mint to be put into circulation are the coins that would be rare to find. I know anytime I've looked a coin up I always run across some crazy priced coin for sale because it's not perfect. I have a couple MS=67 coins that are several years old and everything I found on them tells me they are still only worth face value.
Coin value is determined by supply and demand. Coins with die chips, cracks etc. are very common and not that many collectors have interest in them so value is very low to nonexistent. More collectors collect coins by series and are always on the lookout for the highest-grade example they can find.