Santanbecca

Thank you - I thought the same thing at first, but didn’t want to ruin the coin if it wasn’t glue. It sure looks like part of the metal when I zoom up on it. is there any other test I can do that won’t damage my coin?

Hi again, I wanted to get back to this before I got sidetracked because this coin is the reason I looked into what to do in the first place. The following is a 2000 Virginia state quarter, which I originally thought was something that had been somehow defaced because it looks like Washington has Indian braids. I’m not sure what could have happened to create an error like this, but it’s definitely wild looking. I’ve looked, and it looks like there are quite a lot of errors with this coin, but as far as I can tell, no one has seen this one. Questions would have to start with “WTF?” but honestly, I think I have similar questions as those in my 1st post: Has anyone seen this before? If not, is it common to find something completely new? Am I looking at it correctly when I say there is “ghost lettering” in several places? I don’t know if this is a good description for what I’m seeing, but there are definitely faint random letters where there shouldn’t be on the obverse side . Also, just like the last coin, there is definitely some stuff that looks like doubling or faint, ghostiness (if that’s a word) on the reverse side, but hard to tell for sure because the strike was so terrible overall. I don’t give much explanation in these pictures, since they really speak for themselves. My hopes are high with this coin because it’s so crazy looking, so if anyone can give me some idea of what I have here and how rare and how valuable it would be, I would love opinions. Thanks again, Rebecca

Hi, I have a couple of coins that I’m hoping to get some feedback and guidance on. I’ll submit them separately, since I know I write a lot, and I don’t want to make the post too long. The first is one that I think is a DDO that is a little offset, so it looks like Lincoln has two eyeballs that are stacked on top of each other. At first, I was just taking pics of the reverse to submit because that was listed in the “do’s” for submitting questions, but it appears the coin is also a DDR, or possibly even struck more than twice because I see doubling going both directions. I guess my questions with this coin are: Am I looking at this correctly, or is there something in the lighting or the way the pics appear that causes doubling that isn’t really there? I say this because the reverse doubling is clearly visible in some pics, but not in others, and because if the doubling is going in two different directions, that would seem like it’s a triple dye. I know it happens, but I don’t know enough to believe that’s what I’m looking at with an inexperienced eye, and I don’t have a real scope for coins, though the magnifier on the iPhone X is pretty amazing. I’m also wondering if there are error coins that just haven’t been found and made official or how does that work? I’ve looked into the 2006 D, and while there seem to be a couple DDO coins to look for, this one doesn’t seem to match any of them, (I don’t think), though the pit by the earlobe matches, the eyes weren’t mentioned as an indicator to look for, and none were DDO and DDR. And of course, the obvious that everyone wants to know - what would the coin be worth if I’m not mistaking. I would send it to be graded and auction it. Thanks in advance, and I’ll submit my other one tomorrow, since it’s late and I’m tired.

JKK, thank you for the detailed guidelines. I’ve seen boards where this info would have been very helpful. I’m going to edit and reformat my pics now and will do my best to post without being an annoying newby. 😁 I appreciate everyone who volunteers their time and expertise, as it will hopefully give me some insight and save me some money if it doesn’t make sense to have my coin graded professionally. So thanks again for doing a sometimes thankless job!