Posted on 02/08/2005 7:42:33 AM PST by wjersey
MILWAUKEE -- Some Wisconsin quarters issued last year are turning out to be worth considerably more than 25 cents.
Coin collectors say nickels with two variations in the design of a cornstalk on the back of the coin have been spotted at Tucson, Ariz., and San Antonio, Texas.
Rick Snow, who owns Eagle Eye Rare Coins Inc. in Tucson, said he started paying $50 each for the quarters when he learned of them.
"As soon as word got out about that, the prices escalated," Snow said.
On Monday, he was offering a set of three Wisconsin quarters - the normal one, one with a leaf marking pointed up and a third with the marking pointed down - for as much as $1,099. Individual coins with the variations were selling for $500 to $600, depending on condition, he said.
The U.S. Mint, which produced 453 million Wisconsin quarters for its state coin series, is trying to determine how the differences came about.
"Throughout history, there have been some instances of variations - very, very rare instances," said U.S. Mint spokesman Mike White. "If there is any kind of situation like this, we just take a very close look at the process and all the different steps."
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They were not slugs like today's quarters are slugs.
You need to give a "cover your keyboard alert" before posting such things.
Ping
The US notes were taken off the gold standard in 1934.
Winter in Wisconsin isn't over until the car parked on the iced over lake sinks.
Right, technically, for Americans, and for foreigners by Nixon. Sorry for the sloppy post but I was hoping to push a larger point with limited time that no one seems to care about. I always hope out of 100 people like you who seem to love copper quarters, irredeemable paper money, large national debts, my post might be interesting to one or two lurkers. Thanks for the exchange.
I like your design for our state quarter alot better than the one that was picked.
I see the flaw... the right one is a little lower than the left.
Your ESP powers are amazing ...
From the grave, also. I am truely impressed!
Wow, imagine what they've got for the "Show me" state?!! :)
Sis, Boom, Bah!
What's the noise a sheep makes when it explodes. (Carnac)
I think you're quite wrong.
It's not that people don't care
what's behind our cash.
It's that there's nothing
to be done about it, so,
rather than bitching
pointlessly to folks
who also can not change things
most people move on
and try to live life
worrying about things they
have some input to.
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