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I have a Connecticut quarter with what looks to be a greased die error. On the reverse, in the words "The Charter Oak," the word "Oak" is faint when you look at it from a certain angle. It's almost like the "In God We Rust" quarter that some of the Kansas quarters are affected by. Does anyone know how common this error is?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I seem to recall seeing a lot of "mushy" Connecticut quarters... The Crystalline Entity (er, "Charter Oak") makes that a very complex die.
As kanga mentioned, pics would help.
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Yep, pictures would help determine scarcity and value.
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 Sorry about the quality, but you can kinda see what I mean when I say that the word "Oak" is faint. |
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Can't even make out the words.
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Pillar of the Community
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Download a photo app if you have a smartphone and try that-ollo clip lets you take decent macro pics
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here is an overlay for this coin:  But it is probably a grease issue. Hard to tell from your photo. |
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I remember seeing a Connecticut 99' quarter for sale almost a year ago with a Greaser error that cancelled out the year. I don't know if they got the price they asked but it was asking for some serious $$$$ |
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I believe the ones that are really valuable are completely disapeard. the faint ones are keepers but not as much. also the location matters.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Each State Quarter seemed to have a "favored" spot for grease to accumulate. On the CT it tended to take out the E in STATE, on the NH it favored the mintmark (resulting in a lot of NH "P" quarters) On the CT it liked the letters ARTER OA. |
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*This* is a Connecticut Greaser. :-)  Charter Oak reduced to Charter Shrubbery. :-) |
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now that's location. nice coin stevecaruso.
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When I said on the CT it tended to take out the E in STATE I meant to say DE quarter. When they first appeared it made a bruha because there were the first STAT quarters and there was a lot of speculation over the "value" of that error.
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Posted 03/22/2015 09:06 am
