So my grandpa called me up and said he had a quarter i should come look at, so i did and this is what he had. Apparently he found it in a roll he got from the bank... Its a Nevada Quarter and the reverse is perfectly normal... but the obverse doesnt have the nickel layer on it... its just the copper layer ... but its just as thick as a normal quarter .... any ideas of how common this variety is and what it would be worth ?
That is an error missing clad layer. they can be a nice premium on them some can be fake you shouild get it authenticated / it don't look like a fake to me but you never know. Jazzcoins joe :whistle:
well i dont think it is either, he knew a teller at a local bank and they would call him everytime they got the latest quarter, he always gets 2 rolls of each and this one in one of them. the big grading co's will slab this ?
It certainly looks like a missing obverse clad layer before strike. ANACS, NGC, PCGS, and others grade these. You can authenticate it by weighing it & confirming that it is a little light. On a state quarter, the error trades for more money when it is the reverse clad layer missing. You may find past Internet sales ranging from $150 to $600. It is a very nice find. [Don't touch it, keep it red & put it in a holder]. Very best regards, collect89
Well I have officially inherited this from my grandpa. I talked with a coin shop owner last week about it and he said that since he doesnt get many error coins it would probably cost me about 100 bucks to get it certified by pcgs through him. I looked online and see that i have become a member and get 5 free submissions for 109 right now. So obviously im not going to let him get it certified for me. I have no intention of selling this coin, but I want to have it preserved in an air tite slab, and have it authenticated. So my questions are... who is the best grading company to go with for certification. (NGC seems like its standard 12.50 pricing for a newer quarter like this, and PCGS seems a little higher) I perfer PCGS holders over NGC, but should i consider anacs as well? Basically i just want to make sure I go with the best one for error coins. Also is it worth becoming a member of the "collector society" or whatever the grading firms require in order to submit coins directly? Or is anyone (or do you know anyone) that is able to submit coins? Thanks guys
Hello recklessop, It certainly sounds like you are a coin collector. You either have the coin collecting gene or you have been bitten by the coin collecting bug. Go slow. There is no reason to rush in and get your quarter certified by NGC, ANACS or PCGS before the Thanksgiving holiday. Maybe you could wait until you have accumulated five or ten coins that you want to slab. By then, you will be fully hooked on coin collecting & you can send them to one TPG and pay only economy service. Tonight, I will take a photo of some missing clad layer coins that I have in NGC holders. I like the look of the wrong metal coins in the white colored NGC holders (it's just my personal preference). You can have your coins put in whichever TPG holder you like. The missing clad layer will be marketable in any of these TPG holders. Very best regards, collect89
ive been collecting since the 4th grade. I have this coin and several others that i plan to have graded. I just didnt know which place was best for errors. I have one 1939 D lincoln cent graded by NGC one 1909 vdb by anacs (the old mini holder) and 7 different coins by PCGS. I like the PCGS holders the best, not sure y. But yeah i will probably also submit one of the morgan dollars i have and probably 3-5 others. but i didnt know if it was worth it to get direct submission to a tpg via their membership programs or if its easier to just go through a coin shop
I would recommend that you submit the coins directly yourself. I understand that you like PCGS holders just like I like the white NGC & old ANACS. If you like PCGS, I totally recommend that you join PCGS & a few days later you will have the submission forms to send in your first coins. BTW, if you are an ANA member, then you can submit coins directly to NGC. As an ANA member you just call NGC and they will mail you the submission forms. Very best regards, collect89
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PCGS charges $40 for the Mint error certification service. I can understand some charge for shipping and insurance, but considering he would certainly be sending it in with others those fees should be split between them. So what pray tell would the other say $50 be for? HIS fee? This is either someone trying a rip, or he just doesn't want to fool with submitting for you and so he is quoting a ridiculously high fee.
