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Umm, I got 2 uncirculated 2026 USA quarters today, fresh from the Denver mint. The one on the left is perfect, the one on the right is a defective misprint... (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works
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I'm gonna keep both, but dunno how to properly have misprint/misstamped coins appraised for value...

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Look it up on Numista and see if the error is already known, you might get an idea of how rare it is.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

    Interesting, thanks!

    So far I've found this...

    https://en.numista.com/550280

    But that's from the Philadelphia mint, mine are from the Denver mint. Otherwise the same coin, but yeah defects need to be verified and traced to the source..

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I'd say wait a bit to see if the error is found by other users and becomes a thing. Or maybe open a forum thread there where people with more expertise can chine in.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Today I've studied the coins carefully, in better lighting in the daylight. I think I know what the defect actually is now..

    I think it was the top coin in the coin roll, where the machine that rolls/stamps the ends of the coin rolls most likely pressed into the end coins. I probably just ended up with the top coin out of a fresh roll, there's probably a matching tails side coin defect from the bottom end of the roll out there somewhere...

    Probably not quite worth as much as I was hoping, but still neither have been circulated, so I still plan on keeping both of them.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    You can take it to a local coin shop or coin collector show, most cities have them pretty regularly. That said many common errors aren’t really valuable and that one to my very untrained eye looks interesting but not super rare. Probably worth getting looked at but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago

    LOL, local coin shop? We have none around my area.

    Last I tried to get a coin appraised or exchanged, I was directed to our local international airport.

    They just looked at me stupid, like we don't do that.

    I dunno, but this is a literal A/B comparison of good coin / defective coin that came out of the same mint.

    Probably not worth much just yet, but 10 years from now... ?

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