2 tailed Washington quarter... https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...wo-tailed-washington-quarter-dollar.all.html#
That was my feeling also, anyone have an explanation of how this happened, I'd love to hear it! Guess we could call this one a "double die"!!
I think @Fred Weinberg will give us a better understanding of these mint errors. He was the person to attribute them.
Good Morning all - Yes, the quarter was probably made intentionally, like the other two that came out of the famous Calif. Safe Deposit Box auction back in 2001. (of abandoned property) That lot was over 300+ pieces of both BU and Proof errors; the first known Two Tailed circulation coin came in that deal, which I bought from the dealer who purchased it from the Calif. State Auction. That TTQ was sold by me to a well-known error collector. I know this post will go on and on discussing whether such a coin is an 'error' if it was made on purpose. To be honest, I consider it an error because it was struck incorrectly - doesn't matter to me if it was done on purpose - so were the 1913 Liberty Nickels, the 1804 Dollars struck in the 1830's, and thousands of patterns, many of which were struck on purpose years after their original striking purpose.
I disagree. It was an error that the mint let it get out. Sure, someone at the mint went rogue, but the mint itself is supposed to not let these get out... thus, an error.
It is an illegal coin and should be confiscated and destroyed. Here is why. It was not produced by the mint for circulation. (business strike) It was not produced by the mint for collectors. (proof/ commemorative) It was not produced by the mint accidentally/ unintentionally and was missed by quality control and made it to circulation. (error coin) Every mint error was made unintentionally. That's why it is an error. Name another error coin that was created intentionally. This is an illegal coin and should be confiscated and destroyed. The mint didn't "let this get out". It wasn't in circulation, the grade attests to that. This coin was clandestinely created and smuggled out. It is not an error, it is an illegal coin.
I stick by my last paragraph - I understand your position, but I don't agree with it. "To each his own - it's all unknown"
What "strikes" me as curious is why there are both coin-aligned and medal-aligned versions with so few total examples to emerge. In making the first tails-tails contrivance, did the culprit realize his / her "error" and really decide to "correct" it before making more pieces?
Coins can circulate and still be mint state. They don't rub away at the touch. As Fred mentioned plenty of coins and patterns fit that, it's fine
