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What do you all make of this quarter?   Size: 24.3 mm Weight: 6.176 grams "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
03/27/2014 10:40 pm
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I say fake. Compare the position of the eagle's left wing and AMERICA to this example  |
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I would say that it was an earlier design that was made prior to the final approved circulation design of 1916. Cool "coin"!
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Forgot to say - this is a test!I'll let this stew for a day - more on it later tonight.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I say fake. The eagle being shifted up was a redesign however there should be 3 stars underneath it. The obverse looks good but the reverse doesn't seem to add up. Should be stars along the edge between "united states" and "quarter dollar". That is my non-expertise opinion.
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Maybe I should've looked at the link provided by g048406 first!
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LOL, blackandgold, my first thought was that is not a real quarter, those numbers are just plain wrong. So technically, we are correct: it is not a circulating 1916 SLQ  . (Gotta take my wins where I can...) |
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AWESOME pattern! Wow!! What could have been!! (I had a feeling, Westcoin, you were showing us something amazing!!  ) |
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"Pattern" that is the word that I was looking for in my earlier post.
Edited by oih82w8
03/27/2014 6:10 pm
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Yep it's a Pattern Coin - It is in the Smithsonian Numismatic Collection. Thought I'd try and trick some of you!  But I see you guys are pretty sharp... Here is the reveal, g048406 did nail it correctly. It is a Judd-1796a (old) Judd-1988 or Pollack-2048 This pattern rates a Rarity-8 which means that only two or three are known. Because of that I thought it might fool a few of you.  Lesson - don't outright dismiss a coin that is unusual looking you could have a rare pattern in hand and not know it. I have a strange looking piece myself. I have never been able to get anyone to commit to what it is, I will try and shoot some photos and post it here very soon, maybe one of you has seen it or one like it before. I'm guessing what I have is a gaming token, or a really rare gold test pattern in bronze/brass - if I'm lucky. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Nice, westcoin. I will definately benefit from this exercise.  |
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I have to admit my first thought was fake, pattern never crossed my mind and I had just read up on Morgan Patterns too
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interesting, nice pattern
thanks for sharing for education
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This is an easy one. The Eagle is just flying so the wings are going to be in different locations all the time. |
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