Mint Error. Missing One Number. 198? Unc

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etadder1 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:00 am Want to know Value Report this Post to the Staff

amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:03 am to CCF! Your quarter is worth...well...25 cents... Not an error it is a filled die. commonly known as a Grease Filled Die. Report this Post to the Staff
etadder1 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:12 am Can you tell me how it happens Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:21 am Quote: Filled dies: The Mint factory has its share of dirt, grease and other lubricants, and metal filings. The recessed areas of the dies sometimes fill up with a combination of this foreign material, preventing the metal of the coins from flowing into the incused areas. This results in weak designs or missing design details. The filled-die coin is one of the two most common types of errors. Filled-die coins are a form of struck-through error (see later explanation). Read more here... http://www. (149) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed .org/archives/coin_errors_and_goofs.htm or not... google filled die error Edited by amida17 10/11/2012 12:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 12:47 am Mint gunk(grease, metal dust, etc) can clog the fine details of a die, causing a loss of detail on the resultant struck coin(s). Grease is the most commonly found struck through and will typically appear as a thin layer of softened detail. Since grease can flow, its effects will usually vanish over a series of strikes without the die needing any maintenance. Grease mixed with metal dust can form a hardened concretion that will completely clog a die in a particular area. Occasionally, a clog of this type in a letter or number will dislodge and land on the next planchet to be struck. The clog is then pressed into the newly struck coin, forming a perfect impression of that letter/number. This is known as a dropped letter error and is a fairly desirable error. Report this Post to the Staff
wquinn Pillar of the Community United States 2295 Posts	Posted 10/11/2012 10:11 am I think it is worth a little more than face value. Definitely an interesting coin and worth saving. I have a 1984 nickel with the missing mintmark made in the same manner as your quarter and I still have it. I remember writing to Coinage magazine back in the mid 80s on it and the author said it was worth around $5 back then. I think that is on the high side, but they aren't that common, since I've never found one again, on any denomination. I have found a few Zincolns that are missing a digit in the date, though. It would be interesting to hear how often people find them. Report this Post to the Staff
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