Error State Quarters

to the forum. Not sure those have any errors.

I don't know the right terms. I cant do pics but I will do my best to to tell about the ones I know. kansa the t in trust is barley able to see it so it says in god we rust. nevada on the smallest hose the hoof that is near the plant has metal there south dakota has extra metal on the bottem of the moutein on the right side on the bird it looks like a pelts form a shotgun and theres a little out line above its head the west virgina theres extra metal about 1/4 inch on the right by the line that says new river gorge. wisconsin has an extra leaf minnesota has an extra tree. I'm sure there are others but don't know what states has what errors

Aura, it would be good if someone kept an updated list of all 50 qtrs and what's been seen on each, with price or rarity levels. Try this link to get some of that-
http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.c...-errors.html

I think incorrect usage of terminology is the problem here- you are not differentiating true errors from die varieties or normal wear and tear. Die chips, cracks, "missing" letters, etc are all part of the normal minting process as dies are used and abused. Die chips are commonly confused with extra metal but no extra metal is actually added to the coin, that is a very rare error indeed. A chip in a die will cause a raised blob on a coin, same as a die crack forming a raised line. Unless very large, these are not generally considered errors and have no premium regardless of what some unscrupulous sellers on ebay may lead you to believe. "Missing" letters are caused by a die getting clogged with grease, metal shavings, or other types of dirt so the impression does not fully strike up. Unless a coin is missing major portions of detail, these are largely ignored.

The "extra" trees and islands on Minnesota and Oregon quarters are die varieties not errors, specifically doubled dies. Many people will call these coins "errors" but that is a misnomer and only confuses people. Die varieties are traceable to a particular die used to strike the coin and all coins struck with that die will have the feature. These coins tend to be very collectible. Over mintmarks and repunched mintmarks are examples of other die varieties.

True errors are also very collectible, especially with the State Quarter series. Many errors on State Quarters are worth much more than a similar error on a 1965-1998 quarter. This can include many thing that can occur in the minting process- incomplete(clipped) planchet, off center, broadstruck, cud(large die break emanating from the rim of the coin, it signals a die failure), split clad layer, etc. The coin that ron6788 posted is an off center strike and is a true error.

Numismatics can be a confusing hobby but it is also very terminology-dependent to accurately describe everything that can happen to a coin. Without a proper lexicon, we are nothing more than collectors of shiny metal discs

I don't plan on selling anything everthing but one coin I have I have found. so I know there not worth much.

got a questionI found a georgia quarterthe front side looks silver color with a hint of copper color the back side is a light copper color what would make it like that?

I got one more question I found a blank gold thing don't know what to call it same size as the new coin dollars and has an edge on it.

the front has it with the hint of copper color the back is a light copper color the in side of the o is the only thing that looks like it has the nickel plating which is odd to me.

Unless the weight of the quarter is significantly light what you have is just a discolored coin. Could be a sintered(sp) planchet, or just enviromental discoloration. While the first is technically an error (from copper dust becoming bonded to the coin during annealing) it is very difficult to prove and environmental discoloring can look so much like it that I don't pay any attention to it.