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Quarters With Die Cracks ?

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 Posted 03/17/2014  10:34 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add wildwings to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Well here is to start off the day I have a couple quarters with what I assume might be die cracks. What do you folks think ? Also I have a few coins with blobs of metal in the middle of the coin and I learned yesterday Cuds can only be on the rim so what should I call these extra blobs on a coin ?



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 Posted 03/17/2014  11:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Obverse show a die crack. But the reverse I'm thinking die gouge. A die crack is usually irregular. A die gouge is straight looking as it is a gouge into the die.
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 Posted 03/17/2014  11:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wildwings to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So coop are these legit errors ? If you haven't seen my posts before I am a complete noob to this style of coin errors and don't know what should be deemed good to keep or just coins I should spend.
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 Posted 03/17/2014  12:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Die cracks are common on quarters especially on the front lower part of the bust. It much be an area where a lot of compression happens and they crack there a lot. The die gouges are common, but when they are huge they may catch some interest. Some people save them, but they have to be spectacular for me to save them. I used to save all kinds of stuff when I first started collecting. I saved cents in 2X2's and realized later on I wasted 4 cents each for the 2X2's. I have them in a binder. Now I look back and wonder why did I save them? Some things to me now, looked like big things when I first started. I guess the question you might ask yourself is this: "Would I buy this coin?" If the answer is no, I just put it back into circulation. If you feel you would, then keep it. But someday you may feel like me and wonder why did I do that? Hope this helps.
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Thanks coop this helps a bit. Personally I love copper and silver so really none of these modern error coins really do it for me. I personally was just trying to figure out what I had going here so I could trade it for coins I did collect. So far I learned more about coins in this week then I ever really wanted too but I think in the long run it will help me in my own collecting because of the coins I do collect.
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Washington quarter dies have inherent points of weakness at the base of the bust and along the leading edges of the eagle wings, you will see cracks forming in those locations across the entire series.
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