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<p>[QUOTE="mikediamond, post: 60765, member: 1859"]D'oh!</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's see, you've got an off-center quarter, a double-struck nickel (die-struck both faces), and a double-struck cent with a uniface second strike. None of them are worth slabbing. The fees and postage costs will eat up your entire profit margin. Slabbing won't enhance their value very much, either, as these low-value errors are seldom if ever counterfeited. The quarter is worth perhaps $15. The nickel is scratched and may be worth $35. The cent might be worth $40 - $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do slab that half dollar, but make sure when you submit it that you mention it has a chain strike along with that off-center strike. A chain strike occurs when two coins or planchets are side-by-side in the striking chamber. When they are struck, the expanding fronts of metal collide and form a straight edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikediamond, post: 60765, member: 1859"]D'oh! Let's see, you've got an off-center quarter, a double-struck nickel (die-struck both faces), and a double-struck cent with a uniface second strike. None of them are worth slabbing. The fees and postage costs will eat up your entire profit margin. Slabbing won't enhance their value very much, either, as these low-value errors are seldom if ever counterfeited. The quarter is worth perhaps $15. The nickel is scratched and may be worth $35. The cent might be worth $40 - $50. Do slab that half dollar, but make sure when you submit it that you mention it has a chain strike along with that off-center strike. A chain strike occurs when two coins or planchets are side-by-side in the striking chamber. When they are struck, the expanding fronts of metal collide and form a straight edge.[/QUOTE]
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