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Forum Dad
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http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?s=8229748 quote:
EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso girl came across a quarter that is worth a lot more than 25 cents. Angelica Workman discovered the rare quarter in her piggy bank Saturday. The coin, which has been authenticated, has George Washington's image on both sides. It is rare for a U.S. Mint to make an error, so the coin is very valuable.
Workman said it was fate she found the coin, because her birthday is the date on one side of the quarter. She plans to auction it off to see how much cash she can get.
I for one am not buying it. They say the coin has been authenticated, but not by whom. The part in bold suggests that it has 2 different dates on it. I think I've read here that modern presses make it impossible to mount the dies on the wrong side.. haven't I? I can't see the video for some reason but the girl sounds to be around 8-10 or so, so it must be a modern coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The video is working now and if you look at the video it looks like a capped die instead of a dual headed coin where the coin she has was attached to the die and the obverse of GW from another coin transfered to her coin making it almost look like dual heads. It looks like a authentic mint error but not a dual heads error like they make it out to be
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Forum Dad
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Rest in Peace
United States
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After looking at the video several times, I think the coin is a full brockage. As the previous coin was struck it stayed sticking to the reverse die, which in this case appears to be the hammer die or movable die on top. The next planchet then fed in. This coin was then struck receiving the regular obverse stike on the one side and the brockage strike on the other. The reason I think the coin stuck to the upper hammer die is because when she rotates the coin in the video you can see full reeding from the collar that comes up around the coin from the lower anvil die as it is struck. If the coin would have stuck to the bottom die then the collar would not have come up around it and it would not have reeding and be broadstruck or partial reeding and have a railroad rim. Look at the video pausing it at times and let me know what you think.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This isn't my area, but curious as to how such errors do at auction. Of course if it has a image of some one important, like Col. Sanders, then ebay is the place to go :) Jim |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, when I saw the error side was mirror image,
I thought capped die.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I still think this is a brockage and not a capped die. A capped die happens when a coin sticks to the upper (hammer) die and the press continues to strike coins with each one getting struck by the bottom (anvil) die and the stuck coin getting the same impression on both sides with one being sharp and the other being soft or mushy. The coin stuck to the upper die then either drops off the die and has a mushy looking side and a sharp side but both sides are different because it was struck by both dies before sticking to the die. The other option is it stays sticking to the die for multiple strikes before popping off and becomes a capped die. Capped dies have high sides as it wraps up around the die giving a cup effect. Capped dies also have different images on each side in the early stage since they are struck correctly before sticking and as they continue to strike coins the bottom image gets more and more mussy. In the late stage the mushy image disappears and it is possible at the time for the upper dies image to bleed through the coin as metal keeps wrapping around the die and the coin gets thinner. So the above coin could be a coin struck by a capped die but is not a capped die. I know this explanation is lengthy and I hope it makes sense. Do you agree with this explanation?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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sounds feesable to me, I don't know much about errors but when I saw the video I knew it wasn't what I would call a two headed quarter
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Valued Member
United States
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I need one of those then I always will win heads or tails :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nobble said, " I need one of those then I always will win heads or tails"
Yeah.........ready.................fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipHEADS !!!
ha, I won.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I seen a two headed pig once,but it wasn't in my quarter bank.  |
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