Flawed Wisconsin quarter is fetching prices above $500

[TacticalPeek]

Dated to old for LBN, but the first I heard of it was CNN just now.



Two-bit mistake

Flawed Wisconsin quarter is fetching prices above $500

By PAUL GORES

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Posted: Feb. 7, 2005

To most people, that Wisconsin quarter jingling in our pockets or purses is worth exactly 25 cents.

But to coin collectors, it could be worth $500 or so if there is an extra leaf - or a flaw that looks like a leaf - on the cornstalk pictured on the tail side of the quarter.

The discovery has the coin-collecting world flipping. Rare variations can drive up the price that a coin fetches in the collectors market.

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The extra markings on the cornstalk - there actually are two types - were noticed in Tucson, Ariz., in December. So far, coins that bear it have been found mostly in that area. A few also have been reported around San Antonio, Texas.


http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/feb05/299868.asp

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. Saw this on local news tonight

I checked every quarter in the house...3 Wisconsin, no special ones...DARN!

[7th_Sephiroth]

4. the flaws seem to be localised

a friend from that area has 3 of each, i'm trying to get him to send me a set

[babylonsister]

2. Thanks, TacPic:

I'm forwarding this to one or two collectors!

[oneighty]

3. Darn it

Now I will check have to check my few remaining my quarters. I cashed in thirty dollars worth last Friday.

180

[babylonsister]

5. Hey, 180!

I finally went to bed. How are you and how did you 'weather' the blizzard? Your book is still on my list. Getting ready to head to MX, so I've been a bit busy. I haven't forgotten ya! Cheers!