Stu asked:
I’m not a neumismatist (sp?), and i can’t find any helpful information about this coin that i have. It’s just a regular quarter (i think it may be a state quarter–it’s put away so i can’t really remember) that has the tail end of a penny stamped over the quarter design. i tried to do the same thing to another quarter with a hammer but the design didn’t transfer. has anyone ever seen anything like this? is it maybe a mint error or someone with heavy machinery just messing around? could it be worth something?
Adrian
I’m not a neumismatist (sp?), and i can’t find any helpful information about this coin that i have. It’s just a regular quarter (i think it may be a state quarter–it’s put away so i can’t really remember) that has the tail end of a penny stamped over the quarter design. i tried to do the same thing to another quarter with a hammer but the design didn’t transfer. has anyone ever seen anything like this? is it maybe a mint error or someone with heavy machinery just messing around? could it be worth something?
Adrian
Tags: Heavy Machinery, Mint Error, State Quarter
Marjorie
those are worth lots of money look on ebay and see if u can find one like yours. they are extremely rare tho. i have a one dollar bill that was cut wrong and its worth over 500 dollars
Tim
A picture of the coin, both sides, would help determine how it was made. My guess is it was man made after it left the mint since a quarter planchet can not fit into a press set up for pennies.
Mildred
A quarter planchet will not fit into the collar used on cent coining presses. It had to have been done outside the mint. The faking of error coins has started to become a big thing, I think most of the time it is just a so-called fun thing and not done to cheat anyone. On the other hand it is done to cheat people. Some one could have heated up the quarter so that the cent would design would go into the quarter. A vice could have also been used. Your coin is not a mint error but just a conversation item.