This die gouge was discovered soon after the release of the South Carolina SQ. I'm posting it so that Kasia can take a look, but I didn't want to jump in on her SC grease-filled die thread. Chris
I just saw this coin listed in a new error book by Ken Potter called Strike it Rich with pocket change. I have found several of them.
die gouges should be called a die gouge and nothing else IMO .when something on a coin is declared as something extra it should be a true extra image from the die itself. the Minnesota extra tree coins is a good example of this. the extra tree coins is actually a doubled die with the extra tree coming from part of the original die design. the extra leaf and speared bison coins is a good example of die gouges that should have never been hiped up as something they are not.
It's cool all the same, and that makes a lot of sense ( cents if your a collector) . You sound to be a person of good working knowledge of coin errors. Along with the South Carolina die gouge, I collected a huge amount of Virginia quarters with a myriad of unintended problems on the reverse. Several sails are doubled (I don't think machined) along with the bow of the main ship. A progression of a cud in the sails, along with missing letters under the ship picture. Have you ever heard of this coin? It seems to me to be a die at different stages of deterioration. Any thoughts?
yes I had one of the Virginia quarters you are mentioning. for a while I would have swore it was a doubled die until I researched it and like you said I found some with the long die chip on the main sail bow in different stages. this looks like some kind of unusal die wear or maybe it is a chip that kept getting larger. I did a lot of research on the state quarters and still have a lot of them. the quality control must have been poor during the striking of them. as for the sails being doubled on the Va. quarters this may be die detoration but may be worth furthur study.
