Got A Weird Quarter Today
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Got A Weird Quarter Today
Yea, I know, slow news day........Anyway, after doing a little shopping today (Of course, the gunshop...where else?) I came home and emptied out my pockets and noticed this quarter...it
really stood out. The "heads" is completely normal but the "tails" is all out of focus, smudged, whatever. I have it pictured with an identical Harpers Ferry commemorative quarter.
OK, it might be worth twice its face value. This quarter is spankin' new so it's not wear. Obviously, a bad day at the mint.
Good ole John Browns Fort.....he was a heck of a nice guy ----6
And the reverse
really stood out. The "heads" is completely normal but the "tails" is all out of focus, smudged, whatever. I have it pictured with an identical Harpers Ferry commemorative quarter.
OK, it might be worth twice its face value. This quarter is spankin' new so it's not wear. Obviously, a bad day at the mint.
Good ole John Browns Fort.....he was a heck of a nice guy ----6
And the reverse
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Yep. Find a numismatist. They'll tell ya what's up.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Don't get rid of it! If there's only one of them, it's worth a lot more than double..
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Yep.....especially if you wait awhile....BlaineG wrote:Don't get rid of it! If there's only one of them, it's worth a lot more than double..
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Whoa! That's really cool! Looks like you were sitting on it after eating eggs and beef jerky.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Sixgun jr wrote:Whoa! That's really cool! Looks like you were sitting on it after eating eggs and beef jerky.
Why do you have to tell others about my "secret formula" ? Besides, in addition to hard boiled eggs, flat beer. jerky, and broccoli, you forgot cabbage for the propulsion. Lacking cabbage, highly carbonated seltzer will work OK.-----yo papa
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Dont mean to interrupt but Jack you havea PM.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
?? Don't see it.--6fordwannabe wrote:Dont mean to interrupt but Jack you havea PM.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Me either ...prolly why you didn't answer me. AAAARRRRGGGHH. IN coming.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Two year old coin. No telling where it has been or what it's been exposed to. I'd bet it was likely attacked chemically.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Need to run the mold hotter
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
I am betting misstrike as the edge of the rim is crisp. If it was a decaying process such as a chemical attack, or wear I believe the rim would be the first thing damaged. Just my thoughts, but what do I know, I can't even send a PM.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Seems odd that only one side is obliterated. If it was poorly struck it should affect both sides. Something tells me whatever happened didn't happen at the mint, but after it was in circulation. If so, then it has no added value, since it didn't slip past the mint inspection.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Could be some grease or lube was left on the die? I check some of the coin sites but nothing like what you have has come up yet.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Looks like a capped die strike at the point where the cap is worn thin.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
DEFINITELY check with an expert - might be worth quite a bit. Remember that goofy upside down biplane stamp? It sold immediately for 15 grand in 1918!
Do what Griff said and check with one of them NUMEROLOGIST fellas.
Do what Griff said and check with one of them NUMEROLOGIST fellas.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
If you are looking for a numerologist, I can dig out a book on the subject in my comparative religion library.JohndeFresno wrote:DEFINITELY check with an expert - might be worth quite a bit. Remember that goofy upside down biplane stamp? It sold immediately for 15 grand in 1918!
Do what Griff said and check with one of them NUMEROLOGIST fellas.
The number 7.62 is your lucky number and it has much import on your future with zombies.
However, a numismatic professional/expert might be pretty helpful in this case.
Inverted Jenny is something to consider...
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
This.Leverluver wrote:Need to run the mold hotter
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Fordwannabe said it right......The edge is crisp. You have to see this in person to see that it's a mistrike of some sort. Putting a caliper on the face shows it to be .005 thicker than the coin next to it. It even feels to have a high relief where the "fort" is.mmmmmm. might be worth more than my original aseesssment of .50.....maybe up to $5.00---6
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Maybe if you give it a dose of cooked cabbage it would git straightened out.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Looks to me like someone melted the center section with a mini torch...
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
I've tried that before, using a mangled 1930s pure silver dollar.
The results don't look like that.
The results don't look like that.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough.
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Yes - that is what I meant. A Neurologist - what Griff meant.Old Ironsights wrote: However, a numismatic professional/expert might be pretty helpful in this case.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
One of the mint workers was too busy looking at porn and messed it up!
Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Chinese knockoff. Costs them 3¢ to make. 22¢ profit. I'll give you 15.
Slow is just slow.
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Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Add a zero to the end of 15 and I'll take it. ---6cas wrote:Chinese knockoff. Costs them 3¢ to make. 22¢ profit. I'll give you 15.
Re: Got A Weird Quarter Today
Sixgun wrote:Sixgun jr wrote: Why do you have to tell others about my "secret formula" ? Besides, in addition to hard boiled eggs, flat beer. jerky, and broccoli, you forgot cabbage for the propulsion. Lacking cabbage, highly carbonated seltzer will work OK.-----yo papa
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