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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExecutiveCoin, post: 1168218, member: 24488&quot;]In 2006, one of our own employees at <a href="http://www.executivecoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.executivecoin.com/" rel="nofollow">The Executive Coin Company</a> found a new unusual Mint error on a 2004-S Iowa quarter dollar.</p><p>Searching through 2004 Proof sets, Lisa Henning - Retail Sales Manager&nbsp; at Executive Coin Company in Stow, Ohio - realized the Proof Iowa&nbsp; quarter she was looking at had an almost straight die crack running from&nbsp; the lower right rim (at 4 o&#039;clock) into the tree, on the reverse.</p><p>Proofs are supposed to be carefully checked by the Mint for such flaws.&nbsp; So the reward was even bigger for Lisa, knowing how scarce these errors&nbsp; are on Proof coins.&nbsp; Die cracks are more often discovered on circulated&nbsp; coins.</p><p>Her findings from 2006 were shared with <a href="http://www.coinworld.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/" rel="nofollow">Coin World</a>&nbsp; and published in &quot;Collectors&#039; Clearinghouse,&quot; a Coin World feature that&nbsp; identifies and explains the nature of Mint errors and how they occur.</p><p>To see pictures of the die crack error, go to <a href="http://executivecoin-collectorcoins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://executivecoin-collectorcoins.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Executive Coin blog</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m4ZuTADtx7o/TbL2uyLnXaI/AAAAAAAAACI/iG2rLMB51f8/s1600/Mint+Error+Quarter.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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