Hoghead515

Yep. Post mint damage. Theres no way that could happen during the minting process.

Post mint damage. Looks like someone took wire cutters or something of that nature to it.

I believe your right. Looks like one to me. You can see the weakness in UNUM also where all the metal flowed into the area of the broken die on the obverse.

Not at all. Its sad. Hopefully newer collectors will read these threads like this and we can try and educate them to stay away from crooks like those. Seems like it just keeps getting worse in the short time Ive been collecting.

I must have been one of the essential workers. I had to work right through it. Never made no extra danger pay neither. My wife had to work through it too. I seen all kinds of my neighbors staying home getting paid. I tried and tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. Very nice additions Mr Bill. Your getting a heck of a collection built. I really wanted one of those Morgans but by time I got to take a break they was done sold out. Didnt know you could get them by signing up early for them until it was to late. I was told you could anyways.

Mechanical doubling is shelf like doubling and can be pretty dramatic sometimes. True doubling usually has split serifs and widens the letters sometimes. Ill tag @EagleRJO. Hes got a diagram that shows thr difference in them. Whenever he comes back on here Im sure he wouldnt care to share it with you. @Sandon may have it saved also. They are better at explaining things more than I am.

I cant tell a whole lot by the pics but, looks like it may have a little mechanical doubling. Its not the true doubling. Its often caused by die detiriation. Its also very common. Hope I spelled that right. As most has seen on here Im not the best speller. I know some pretty fancy words I can use on here sometimes but, I dont because I dont know how to spell them.

I was doing killing some time riding to work this morning while my boss drives. I figured Id look up error coins just to see how many true errors were on there and how many bogus errors. 90% are bogus. They have parking lot coins selling as strike errors. One particular parking lot nickel for $500. And a cent supposedly struck on wrong planchet which looked normal to me. All sorts of other damaged coins listed as errors. I sit and cringed the whole time. I think Ebay should at least put some kind of warning on the screen letting new collectors know that not all sellers are honest. Its sad to see all the crooks on there.

They all look like large dates to me from what I can tell. All the 82 d cents anyways. Cant tell about the Philadelphia mint cents. The only very valuable 82 cent is the 82 d small date copper. You would have an easier time finding a winning powerball ticket than finding one of those.

Thats wild looking how it toned along that crack. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry to hear that @Modwriter. Sounds like some of the luck I have.

Very true. When I first started I ended up with some cleaned coins and coins thats been tooled on. I used those as learning experiences. A couple of them was a little costly.

Ive seen a few times I could have used that one as well.

A few days ago I had all my Washington quarters out looking at them very closely. I wanted to study them closely and see how they differ from each other in their grades. They are all very inconsistent on the grades as a whole. I got ms 67's that are no where near as nice as ms66's. Same with ms65's in better shape than ms66's. Some look overgraded and some look undergraded. I noticed this about both major TPG services. I know its just an opinion but I figured this would be a good time to share my observations while were on the topic. This was from looking at 63 different certified Washington quarters. I know that many are bound to have some inconsistencies but there were more than I figured. Probably 90% of them are graded ms66. Most are pretty close to what my opinion of a ms 66 should be. But some have several marks on them and dont look near as problem free as some of my ms65s. However Im not as qualified to grade as the ones who chose those grades but looking at them all at the same time Ive spotted several inconsistencies in them. They probably took factors in that Im not seeing when they decided on those grades but it suprised me how much they differ. I was mostly looking at bag marks and strike strength. I been trying to study up on how to grade to help myself buy raw album coins.

Someone needs to get hold of the mods and see if they can arrange one for us.

I was browsing Ebay and ran across a seller thats selling common pocket change only worth face value at ridiculously high premiums. I thought this would be a good example to share and warn newer collectors to beware of sellers such as these. The seller has several coins that are crazy high priced and trying to pass alot of them off as mint errors. The sad thing is that this is only one seller. There are to many others out there on Ebay, etsy, and other places. Do your homework before you purchase a coin. Dont let crooks like this take advantage of you. Heres just one example from the seller. This is not a mint error. This coin is only worth face value.

Very nice. I love the color of it.

A cud is where a piece of the edge of the die breaks off and leaves a big blob that connects to the rim of the coin. The metal from the planchet fills up that space where part of the die is missing. There are other members on here that will chime in eventually and explain it better than I can.

Looks like a very minor die chip on Roosevelts nose. They are very common. They happen alot when the dies start to wear out.

We used to have a guy in our town that looked identical to Abe Lincoln. You couldnt tell them apart and could pass as twins. It was unreal how much they look alike. People used to joke how Abe was reincarnated and lived in Olive Hill now. They even nicknamed him Abe. He would do town plays as Abe and dress up as Abe for the parades and things like that. Come to schools, etc. Sadly he died several years ago. But he hasnt been forgotten. People still talk about him to this day. I wish I could have taken a picture of him but he passed back before everyone had phone cameras and I never packed a camera around.

Thats exactly what Ive been seeing. Almost all the 56D quarters Ive seen so far have been simular. That makes sense why they been hard to find and when I do find one its circulated or low quality. Maybe Ill eventually find one.

Ive got, "The Complete Guide to Washington Quarters," written by John Feigenbaum but, it never mentions anything about what to look for in that year like a few other coin books do. It just list varities and things like that. Its still a very informative and helpful guide. Im not knocking it or anything. I was wondering if someone on here had any knowledge about it or knew where I could find that info elsewhere. I got a Franklin Half book that tells how hard it is to find toned coins and other info like that and the reasons why. Its very informative and helpful. But so far I cant find anything like that for Washington quarters and why the 1956 D is so elusive unless you settle for dark and ugly toning.

Can anyone tell my why its so hard to find a nice looking 1956 D quarter either blast white or attractively toned? Ive been needing this coin for a long time now. Ive searched high and low. Ive found several ms66 and 67 examples but they all been ugly toned. That black toning on most and uneven dirty brown on others. Ive not had near the trouble with other dates. Ive passed up several really good deals trying to find that perfect 1956 D that suits me. Id really like to find it in lusterous blast white but it seems to be very elusive. Ive been watching several auctions. I did see one ms68 blast white but it was way out of my budget. Seen very few uncertified ones but they would never make the grade Im looking for. Id at least like to have that year in ms66. Id also settle for light golden toning. I just dont understand if they were exposed to something at the mint that year or whats wrong.

I bought this one for my album. Im gonna try to complete it with all BU coins. Problem free as possible. This one has a small spot or two on Franklins cheek but I think its still a nice coin. Im very happy to add it to the Dansco album.

I dont think its a proof. I think its just the look from it in the picture making it look like that. Where its been cleaned back a few years ago and is starting to retone. Id almost bet money on it that its a circulation strike. From what Ive seen proofs in this date are very rare. I think its just a well struck circulation strike like the one in the picture @Sandon shared.