56, 57-d, and 64-d error quarters i just purchased at auction

this is the original picture from whence i purchased (bid) on it, you can see it better here, at base of neck??

 

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He is correct there is a small crack behind the eagles head on one of the D mint coins (I have no idea which one it is) and there is a light crack in the head of the 56 and at the base of the neck of the 64 D. But these are minor, and they are not errors. They are part of the natural deterioration process of the dies. They would more properly be referred to as die stages.

 

ok, so die cracks are Not errors?? guess i learned something new, ok..i like em anyways...i have just seen them offered as such, so thought they were..may not be worth more, but like i said previously..at ms66, value is 45.00 i paid 4.50, so a win in my book, alas am going to keep them because i like the die breaks...if anybody else has any "worthless" die breaks, i would be happy to purchase them...lol

 

Nope, not errors, but they can still be pretty neat. Die breaks aren't errors either. (And die cracks and die breaks are not the same thing.)

 

ok, sorry for listing them here as errors, i just they were cool, and i got them not listed as such, but by painstakingly went through 2000 items listed to find those, ans some struck through coins as well.. next time i will not post die breaks..or cracks

 

ok, so a question..you state that die=cracks are not errors, nor are die breaks, so why does coneca list them in their glossary of error terms, ?? just wondering...

https://conecaonline.org/glossary-of-error-variety-terms/

 

Because that is a glossy of terms, not a break down of what are errors or varieties. For example the glossary list "blems" which are not errors, they are not varieties, they are a clue or indication of a counterfeit struck from spark erosion dies.

 

ok, just seem to see a lot of listings, both on ebay, and error coin sites, listing them as errors, my belief is anything that left the mint in a shape not intended (i.e a gold coin struck on a penny planchet) or lamination or die break or die crack seems to me to be an "error" there are a lot of supposed errors at ridiculously high prices, that were made, or helped along, like us coins being struck on foreign already minted coins, and such..to me those are not true "production:" errors...(sigh) oh well....i like em anyways...and from the prices realized at auction, seems others do put a premium on them as well...years ago, when i was dealing full time, laminated silver nickels were seen as junk and melted...now they command high prices.. just my opinion...