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Washington Proof Quarter Overstruck On Gold Half Eagle

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 Posted 08/15/2026  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list
29 days left for bidding, could this go above 6 figures?
I'll guess hammer price to be 65K.
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 Posted 08/15/2026  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hokiefan_82 to your friends list

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Should be a special TPG category for undeniable inside jobs, aka employee-assisted errors.

Agreed. Since the different grading companies use various qualifiers for artificial/questionable toning or color, I don't see why there couldn't be some qualifier for errors that are most likely intentionally manufactured.
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 Posted 08/15/2026  10:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list

What, really, is the difference between that mint sport and this one?
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 Posted 08/15/2026  10:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Roller42 to your friends list
The Secret Service should be seizing this thing. Maybe they won't, but they should.
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 Posted 08/15/2026  11:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
Probably intentionally made. Still cool though.
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 Posted 08/16/2026  06:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list
100% inside job. I agree that there should be some sort of qualifier that TPG put on such manufactured errors.
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 Posted 08/16/2026  06:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list
Can someone point out how PCGS knows this was overstruck on a 1898..... I don't see it
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 Posted 08/16/2026  07:46 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list

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Can someone point out how PCGS knows this was overstruck on a 1898


Maybe the mint worker who created it told PCGS that he used an 1898 half eagle when he sent it in for grading!
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And how did it grade Proof-66
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The date is barely identifiable but they were able to it is seen I believe under that tail feathers on the reverse.

I agree 100% intentional because there are odd proof "errors" from 1970 that exist, namely:
1970-S 25c over 1898 $5
1970-S 25c over Barber quarter
1970-S 25c over 1941 Proof CAN 25c
1970-S 25c over Philippines 25 centavos
1970-S 25c over (1911-1936) George V CAN 25c
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 Posted 08/17/2026  11:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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I only say "almost" because I suppose there is some infinitesimally-small chance that a 72-year-old gold coin accidentally made it into a bin of quarter planchets...
Improbable is not the same as impossible. But, the odds are not in its favour.
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Update: Sold for $107,500 with BP that's $120,937.50, now let's add tax and shipping.............
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Crazy!
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