I recently purchased a large lot of 80 standing quarters that were supposedly "unsearched". They ended up at a hair of $3 a piece, most were dateless; but a couple of interesting finds. I am not an expert on these, but have been doing some research. The first one I believe to be a 1920-D. The "0" is quite clear. It obviously has some damage, but still a semi-key worth more than melt. The second I believe to be counterfeit. The weight is off by .5 grams, and it looks as if Lady Liberty is "Walking on Water", as her pedestal is wavy, bottom stars are missing etc....Interesting coin, but I'm out $3 on this one...lol. The last one I believe to be dated 1921. The 1 is faint, but is visible, appears to be the correct location and thickness and the overall "look" is right based on comparison with Heritage "1921" AG-3 to G-6 graded quarters. I'll try to get some better pictures, but you can tell with these. What do you think? If so, it just made my day.:smile
I sure hope not considering it's Lady Liberty :bigeyes:. Mr. Liberty is in for a surprise if your right Ken . As for the coins, I really can't tell much, the first one definitely ends with 0, but that's about all I can tell.
Well what the heck took you so long chimin' in Chris? LOL.....:smile Although I fear Johnny's regreting he ever stated this thread....
KEN: I haven't chimed in because I have been too busy puking my guts out over the atrociously bad Olympics Opening Ceremony this evening... It looks so poorly conceived and executed. Darned shame about the loss of life for that young luge athlete. Johnny: can you post the reverse sides of the coins as well? Especially of the second coin. That looks almost like someone was doing a bit of carving around Liberty's feet.
Wow, you guys sure ran all over my poor counterfeit quarter...lol. I'm pretty sure that it is fake based purely off the weight, but here are the reverses of all three. 20-d, fake_nodate, and 21
Here is a comparison with an ICG AG-3 1921 graded quarter : reference http://cgi.ebay.com/1921-Silver-Sta...mQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item19b97967ff As you can see, the distinguishment of the date on both of these coins are almost identical. I feel pretty confident that what I have is an AG-3 1921. So this one kind of makes up for the $3 loss on the counterfeit.
Interesting, what's the weight? To me it looks authentic, and if it's a counterfeit, it was a damn good one. It does look like pmd around the date.
interesting, and that 1921 sure looks like a winner. I found one in junk silver years ago, about AG, last digit only. Still a keeper. As for # 2: 'Mr Liberty' well, I don't know, how dies it sound when you drop it? Any ring to it? #3: Since there is no 1930 D it is also a keeper. Nice finds.
The counterfeit weighs 5.8 grams, where a real one with similar detail weighed 6.2. The funny thing is though that it "does" ring when you drop it....so I dunno.
Got a question. Is there any product like ni-a-date for buffalo nickels, that will work on all these SLQ's?
I remember reading somewhere that it only worked like that for nickels. That is really too bad, because there is a really high probability of finding key and semi-keys in the slq series, as it is chalk full of valuable dates. The 1921 i found is barely legible, and i wouldnt have noticed it if it hadn't been for a direct light source and a loupe.
