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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 374347, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s a neat error and is fairly common on the &#039;70-D.&nbsp; There were also a lot on the &#039;71-D but these are far more infrequently seen and they have been reported on the &#039;72-D.&nbsp; In those days the Denver mint was using a new system where they passed strip through a slit in the wall to the blanking presses which punched the planchet from it.&nbsp; Communication was sometimes faulty and when quarter strip was desired they might actually get dime strip.&nbsp; This material is pretty strong in strip form and is handled by machine so the operators might not notice the error.&nbsp; The quarter sized planchets struck from dime stock would sometimes end up on the stamping floor and thin quarters result.</p><p><br /></p><p>These were a pain back in 1970/ &#039;71 since they don&#039;t work in machines.&nbsp; Many would be thrown in the garbage in frustration.&nbsp; There were so many of them that saving them just seemed a waste. In retrospect it was probably no more than a quarter million and possibly substantially fewer.&nbsp; These coins have never circulated because they don&#039;t work in machines so almost all of them are in XF/ AU with a few uncs around.&nbsp; They sell for 10 to 20 dollars on eBay now days.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re pretty neat coins but you couldn&#039;t get me to say that in 1970.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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