View attachment 396787 In God We Trust with the "R" in trust filled in and on the reverse there is what i think is a small crack at the rim. Sorry for posting so much on quarters which are very common errors but I don't buy or purchase coins right now, I search for them keeping all coins received as change and I get excited. Just thought I would share my finds. Hey you never know. Maybe one day I'll post a 1955 doubled die penny or the coin that I keep telling myself that I'll run into....a 1959 wheat.
I think they call the filled in one a die chip. Do not quote me on that. It is my understanding that they are common with State Quarters. As for searching, keep it up, persistence will pay off someday. There are a lot of folks that do this, and sometimes it takes a while for a 'new' error to be found after entry into circulation. Maybe the next will be you! As for your die chip, I would keep it.......keep the oddballs you find, I do.
I feel the same way about the 1955 or even the 1969S and 1972 Doubled Die. About the 1959 Wheat... Impossible! Only one in existence and it was determined to be a fake, a forgery.
Die cracks and filled die chips are very common and are not worth much except as a conversation piece. When I was searching Mint bags of CA SQ's, I would find sometimes as many as a half dozen die chips on one coin. I started calling them "Condor Doo Doo". Chris
I agree die chip coin. Part of the die that struck the coin chipped off. Not worth much over face if anything. Still, A very cool conversation piece.
i would guess not as common, cuz once a die starts chipping or cracking it would get changed out for another die, but on occasion you could get both dies at the same stage in life where they both start degrading the same and the pressure could chip or crack both, just a theory tho..
Yes! For example, letters like B, D, O and R can be found on both sides of the quarters. The metal post on the die that forms the center of these letters can break away allowing metal to flow into the void. Die cracks can form anywhere the field meets the edge of a device. Chris
