Hawaii collector finds error coins

Howdy friends,

Anyone see the AP article on Hawaii State Quarter error coins this morning? It does not mention wether they are MS or PF but I'll have to check mine when I get home. I

check my home town paper occasionally and saw this article this morning,

HONOLULU (AP) -- A Honolulu coin collector says there's a problem with Hawaii's commemorative quarters.

Collector Joe Au-Franz tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ( http://bit.ly/AqvsQL ) that he's come across about 85 faulty quarters that feature 10 main islands instead of what should be eight.

He says the erroneous quarters will be a rarity among collectors. He'll be speaking about the quarters at a Honolulu Coin Club meeting on Wednesday in Kalihi.

The coins were made at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia and were released in 2008. The newspaper was not able to reach mint officials.

Mike Ellis of the Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America theorizes there was faulty died in Philadelphia that cast the extra islands.

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