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Circulated example of a 1941 doubled beak working hub quarter ( WWHR-001). This coin corresponds to the die for Variety Vista VDDR-005, Stage E. Some of the markers have been worn away by circulation. Aside from the strongly doubled beak, markers include a die crack through AM of America, a die crack behind the eagle's head, a die clash on the right wing, a die crack stretching right from the S of Pluribus, and a die crack or scratch through the obverse hair ribbon.     |
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Nice doubled beak!  I've always liked this one. Errers and Varietys.
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Very nice! |
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Nice find BM. |
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Nice find! gigi2110
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I'm amazed that you, and other variety collectors, can find these coins despite the millions of 'normal' coins minted for each date/mint for which you report another fabulous find. How do you do so? Did you purchase lots of 1941 quarters knowing to look for this variety? Did you luck into a cherry pick armed with the knowledge of what to look for? Regardless of source, I salute your efforts to identify and share fun varieties of our modern US coins. |
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@nickelsearcher: Thanks for the kind words. =) I exclusively hunt varieties on ebay. I have about 30 specific queries configured. Every morning, I brew a big cup of coffee, feed the dog, and then go through the new listings. Whenever I take a break during the day, I check the updates to those feeds, which are usually quite minimal. It goes fast—I have the potential varieties and markers memorized for those specific coins. In a given week, I probably look at thousands of coins for a few seconds apiece. I imagine I am doing the same thing that Tropicalbats and other proficient variety hunters do every day, just for a much narrower focus of coins. I assume that they are also much more subtle about their wins, and quite possibly don't even bother with circulated examples of low value varieties. I also have a small (but growing) graveyard of Jefferson nickels, Buffalo nickels, and Mercury dimes. That's just the consequence of taking chances at rare varieties, often with terrible listing pictures. One reason I like those denominations is that even if you repeatedly overpay several dollars for mundane coins, when you do get a winner, the value swamps many little losses. |
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Quote:I exclusively hunt varieties on ebay. Thank you for sharing your general approach. It makes sense how you are doing this. I must say that you are demonstrating a lot of perseverance, along with knowledge, to pursue this method of collecting. Best of wishes on the hunt. |
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I must say that you are demonstrating a lot of perseverance, along with knowledge, to pursue this method of collecting. I agree 100%. It's been cool checking out all your different finds, Brand and a very effective method, obviously. -makecents-
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Appreciate it, guys. In all honesty, I think from a time-for-money standpoint, it would be far more efficient and predictable to just generate more billable hours. But I don't watch TV, I don't do social media, and I'm down to one video game that I play for maybe 15 minutes a day. I used to spend endless hours on the stock market and investing, but these days, I am down to a handful of stocks plus a balanced portfolio of mutual funds and bonds. Variety hunting—and the associated research and reading—has absorbed many of those activities in a relatively compact way. Also worth noting: only a tiny subset of my saved ebay searches has ever yielded anything of strong monetary value. Quite a few of them have never yielded even a single identifiable positive. But when you do get a winner, it can be a real banger, like that 1935 Buffalo nickel DDR that I spotted nearly by accident. |
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nice find on that doubled beak - I had no idea it existed.. |
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Posted 07/17/2025 1:57 pm
