Benawoo Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Hi! How do I go about finding the value of this 1999 Connecticut quarter error? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleRJO Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Not an error. Notice that the cent lettering is a mirror image. It looks like someone pressed a memorial cent up against a quarter in a vice. So it's just damaged with no extra value. Coinbuf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandon Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Welcome to the NGC chat board. Please post a photo of the other side of the coin. Based on what I can see so far, this does not appear to be a genuine overstruck coin or other mint error but rather what is known as a "vice job" or "squeeze job" where someone took this quarter and a Memorial reverse Lincoln cent and squeezed the two together, causing an incuse image of the cent reverse to be impressed on the quarter's obverse. See https://www.error-ref.com/squeeze-job-or-vice-job-or-garage-job/. It is highly unlikely that a struck quarter could be overstruck by cent dies, as the quarter would not fit in the cent press. Moreover, the cent image would be raised and not be backwards. Such as alteration created outside the mint would have no collector value. Edited February 5 by Sandon add re: image would be positive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) As Eagle said look at the lettering of one cent, its backwards, not an error just damaged. But just to be correct this is called a "vise job" as in a bench vise or vise grip tool as opposed to the vice squad. Edited February 5 by Coinbuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benawoo Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Here's a pic of the other side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleRJO Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 2/4/2024 at 11:54 PM, Sandon said: Please post a photo of the other side of the coin. Based on what I can see so far, this does not appear to be a genuine overstruck coin or other mint error It's not clear what possible legit error would have both the quarter and cent impressions, rims of the cent, and mirrored elements from the cent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 It is only an error if it happens during the striking of the coin. As that could not have happened at that time, then it is damage, no matter how it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J P M Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I agree with the other members statements the coin has been altered to try to look like an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Bill347 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I think we should call these “Histerical Errors” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Meenderink Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 The elongation of both the quarter and the pressed cent suggest that the 2 coins were placed in some type of roller mill together. IMO a metal working roller mill either hand cranked or manual operated. Also, a large heavy equipment vehicle with tractor tires rolling over the 2 coins on a smooth surface could produce this type of deformation elongation damage. Junk worth 25c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
