I have a friend that wants to find out what a 2000 New Hampshire quarter without any mint stamping on it if it's worth anything? Any ideas? There's nothing where the stamp should be and I've never seen a newer coin without the stamp. Thanks in advance!.........peter j
Howdy Peter - Welcome to the Forum !! Not sure I really understand the question. Can you explain what you mean by "mint stamping"? Better yet - can you post a pic ?
Welcome to the forum peter. I suspect you are referring to the mint mark, a "D", "P", or possibly an "S" if it's a proof. Chances are that under high magnification you will be able to detect either tooling marks where someone scraped it off, or a faint outline indicating that it was struck with a grease-filled die. Scraped off = numismatically worthless; struck through grease = worth 25¢ face value and numismatically. Now, if it could somehow be determined that there actually was no mint mark on the die, it might be worth a small premium, depending on how many were struck with the defective die.
Thanks guys for the quick return! I appreciate it! It looks like there's a little bit of a mark just below "In God We Trust" but there's not mark where the mint stamping letter should be and it doesn't look like it's been rubbed off. What I want to know is if it's worth putting it on Ebay or trying to get what it might be worth for my friend. I guess I could try and post a decent picture of it if it would help.....but if it's not worth it I won't bother. .........any suggestions or opinions on this? Thanks........
A high resolution picture of the area where the mint mark should be might help in identifying the cause, but my understanding is that the most likely causes are post-strike damage, or a grease-filled die; neither of which adds any significant value.
