Hello! I am maybe 1 month into my coin collecting adventure. I started by filling state and state park quarter books. I also am doing the female quarter book as well. I look for errors in the female quarters because there seems to be many of them. I found an Anna May Wong quarter with at least 3 errors. 1 of the errors I do not see mentioned by other collectors. There is a die chip in the left corner of her left eye. There is a die chip in the "A" of "May". There is a grease error causing the "I" and "T" on the "In God We Trust" to be faded. Is this a rare quarter? Is it worth keeping? Is it worth selling and if so how much is something like this worth? It is a circulated coin... is it worth getting graded? Again, I'm new to this so any information will be helpful. Thanks in advance!
No, it is not rare. But it is not normal and worth putting into a 2x2 flip. The value is not great because this kind of stuff happens frequently, maybe 50 cents to a dollar. Not valuable enough to send it in for grading. There is a general range of a coins’ worth being around $150-200 minimum to make it plausible to send off to authenticate and grade. There is the grading fee, the attribution fee if requested and shipping and insurance costs as well. All of these are considered before sending in to a TPG. Welcome to Coin Talk.
It’s not worth much more than face value. Die chips are a mint error but they are also very common. Just put in a 2 x 2 flip to keep. Welcome to CT.
No All that you see are just signs of a worn die strike. They are common issues that occur on many coins are struck with overused dies. Die chips, struck through grease, etc.. They are not even any kind of major errors unfortunately. It has no premium. Not worth selling and definitely not worth sending in for grading. By the way, when you send a coin with a mint error there is another step the graders do which is called Error/ Variety Attribution. That's a separate fee from grading. You won't get your money back if it doesn't get the attribution designation.
Thank you everyone for your timely responses. I appreciate the assistance. I've found lots of errors but most are die chips. I'll keep an eye out for more valuable errors in my journey.
To learn more about what real errors are, go to error-ref.com. It is comprehensive and covers planchet and strike errors, to name 2 of the multitude covered on the website. It will help you become a better error collector, if that is your primary focus.
I suggest you focus on learning what true mint errors are. Value, premiums, worth, etc is the last thing you should worry about. Many minor errors found in circulation have very little or no value at all. Don't go by what people list minor errors on eBay. They are scammers and know absolutely nothing about errors at all unfortunately. We are here to help. Peace ✌️
