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Jefferson
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 03/15/2009 : 15:36:35
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A teller held this for me until I picked it up yesterday, any ideas about what grade it is / how much it's worth? There is no reeding at all.
If I can get enough for it, I'll just try to sell it locally and use the money to buy silver / more halves to sort.
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2009 : 23:17:20
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| I would venture to say its an "off center" coin. Its a coin thats been struck out of collar and incorrectly centered with part of the design missing! I say its worth around 10- 20 dollars |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Posted - 03/15/2009 : 23:21:57
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There is an active ebay market in error coins (own section). Good place to get a feel for actual values. With that good scan you are ready to ebay it. Or put it up in our Market Area. Some of our members buy these coins.
Having the date on it enhances the value I understand. Great find for a quarter anyway. |
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kieblera5
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
859 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2009 : 00:37:24
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| Well, as a numismatist, I will comment... Off center strikes are actually pretty common, if you can believe it; however, you probably don't see many of them. For modern clad coinage, off center strikes are usually only worth a lot if it is 30-60% off center. For yours(5-10% off 10% is pushing it), I would say that you might get $10 for it. It does look like a nice strike with good details, so it may fetch more. I have a VA quarter struck about 5% off center... I still have it and it graded, via local dealer, to be MS65, but I don't think it would sell for much. If you are a person who likes odd coins or just like to look at them, then I say to keep it. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2009 : 06:05:03
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I agree with kieblera5. But, if it was me, I would keep it just for the cool factor.
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 03/17/2009 : 18:42:07
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Error coin collecting is becoming a big thing. Some time in the past there was little mentioned about them. Now in the 2009 Red Book there are several pages dedicated to them. If you check on places like Amazon you would see more and more error coin books listed. For cents, there are web sites that are almost exclusively informative about error coins. You must be logged in to see this link. for example. I go to about 2 to 4 coin shows a month and error coins are really big now. At most shows some dealers specialize in error coins.
The nice thing about yours is that is has the date shown. Also, the Mint Mark. Those two items make the coin more valuable to error collectors. The ones without that go for about $10. With the date and Mint Mark so clearly shown, I would guess about $20 to $40 at a coin show. |
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Off-Center Washington Quarter 1995
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