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I have three coins, all quarters that was given to me to research and find out more info on and value, if any. One is a 2005 D Oregon Quarter that is gold on both front and back. In the picture, I have it compared to the Sacagawea coin. The next two are both much smaller in diameter and in thickness as in today's quarter, one dated 1973, and the other 1990. Any info will help and is appreciated and I was thinking possible planchet errors?   |
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The gold quarter was gold plated after minting. It's a cool novelty and that's all. As a collectible it's worth .25. I'm not expert on error coins but looks like the other three have environmental damage.
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Environmental damage, gold quarter was gold plated. I would pay 30 cents for it. If the gold plated one was wrong planchet it would be the size of the dollar.
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If a dollar planchet was struck by quarter dies, then it would be the same size as quarters because of the collar die. It wouldn't be the size of a dollar. (Though, they are quite similar in size.)
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The collar would not strip the rest of the planchet, it would be the same size.
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The 1973 looks to be acid dipped. The 1990 looks interesting. Does it have some plating in the middle? If we could get a closer pic on That one, Front and back please.
Edited by kurdlezuit
03/09/2015 11:36 pm
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If a dollar planchet was struck by quarter dies, then it would be the same size as quarters because of the collar die. It wouldn't be the size of a dollar. (Though, they are quite similar in size.) A dollar planchet couldn't get into the quarter striking chamber without outside help. It won't fit through the feeding equipment, the feeding tube, or the feed fingers. And if you did place it between the dies it wouldn't fit down into the collar so the finished coin would still be the size of a dollar not a quarter. |
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I think I remember seeing a photo of a PCGS graded quarter struck on a dollar planchet, so that wasn't a real error?
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It was a real error. PCGS would have it correct. But gold plated coins are not errors.
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I think I remember seeing a photo of a PCGS graded quarter struck on a dollar planchet, so that wasn't a real error? That was probably one of the Sac/Washington mules. It paired a Sac dollar die with a Washington quarter die and was struck on a dollar planchet in a dollar collar. the coin is the size of a Sac dollar and the quarter side has an unusually wide "rim". they looked like this. (Sorry if this come through huge)  There are sore "errors" out there such as a nickel struck on a quarter planchet, but they "got help" to get between the dies, and the final coin is still the size of a quarter. While they do tend to bring high prices, they are not true errors. Edited by Conder101
03/11/2015 2:30 pm
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It would have been a mint assisted strike as the collar would have prevented the normal striking of a larger planchet as Condor101 mentioned.
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Closer look at 1990 quarter
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As we all said before, environmental damage. Probably dug up.
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I don't know exactly what I saw since I only saw the obverse and I don't remember the label anymore. That might be the one. So "backdoor jobs" then.
The 1990 quarter looks like it's been given a long acid bath.
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Posted 03/09/2015 10:03 pm
