here's a couple of photos of the coin I got today. it is a perfect example of a dropped letter coin and it helps tell the story about how the dropped letter coins are created. I say this because this one only has half of the letter R from liberty struck into it. the letter is backwards and upside down. when looking at the top of the R in liberty it shows what happened to the rest of the R. instead of staying together the top of the R broke up into pieces and was struck into the coin at the top of the original R. this is probably why the dropped letter coins are so scarce. most of the time when a clogged letter falls out of the coin die it breaks up into tiny pieces. this coin proves this. this one is my third state quarter with a dropped letter.
A lot of folks don't know what they are. this forum is a great place to learn if folks wants to learn.
Boy, you got me pegged there, Rascal! Shame on you for continually outing me to the rest of these fine people! :devil:
I found my dropped letter coin (a 1941 Canada cent) a couple of years ago. It's the "A" from the reverse of the coin.
I agree, I've seen photos of some dropped letter coins from just regular change finds. They are pretty interesting.
I tried it on ebay with no results. But, shortly after realizing I might never find another and deciding to keep it, I was offered $50.00. Nice... but I'd rather have it as part of my collection.
