A couple more 'State Quarter' finds

[GarryN]

My NC quarter is the same as Russell's above. Thanks for posting that. It would be nice to see an overlay with the reverse to see where the clash occurred.

[Russellhome]

Garry

Here is an overlay...

[GarryN]

Thats it ! Thanks!

[Dick]

I agree! That is a nice job, Ken. Nice find, both of you.
Dick

[Russellhome]

I found this 2008 P New Mexico Die Clash tonight. The field inside the symbol on a NM 25c is supposed to be a smooth and flat field. This one has some serious 'wave' action going on in several locations. It must have been a pretty hard whack - because the obverse is perfect and must have had the clashed die changed out.

I took photos from several angles, as I could not get lighting the correct to show all the remnants nicely at the same time. The boldest mark is an impression from a clash with the ear/neck/jaw area of the obverse die.

[Russellhome]

Doing a little quarter roll-search procrastination - before raking the leaves, I made another nice find on this beautiful Saturday morning. A new decent double earlobe on a 2004 P WI quarter...






Not the boldest one around - but a keeper non-the-less.

Added 12-05-08 FYI: I submitted this one to Wexler. It was already listed (WDDO-001)

[Dick]

Boy, I can see where I'm going to have tiscrape the crud away from those low spots! I have been just tossing them. Sheesh!
Dick

[Russellhome]

Dick

I know what you mean. The "State Quarters" have been out there long enough for many of them to be worn, dirty, or mangled. There may be many minor die varieties that will be missed due to condition of the coin.

I've been working in over-drive lately with quarter rolls -- hoping to find another example of that 2001 P NC "Extra Hair" variety in better shape (or possibly the recently reported counter clash in the 1999 Delaware 25c). I haven't had any luck with these two, but I may have found a 1999 P Delaware DDO.



If it is a DDO, I don't know if it is a doubled earlobe or doubling from the curl to the north-east. Both are close and the doubling is light enough that both areas could be the cause.



I thought it might be a die clash -- but it does not seem to match up with reverse design elements that would clash in this area. Plus, there are no signs of a clash on the reverse.



Is there at lest one 'Double Earlobe' for each of the 50 State Quarter designs? I guess time will tell.

Added 12-05-08 FYI: I submitted this one to Wexler. It was confirmed as a DDO and is a new listing (WDDO-001).

[Dick]

Man, it is hard to tell form the picture. There have been so many "hits" that ie is comnfusing. The lowest, and smallesrt could be, but, again from the size, I winder. Maybe some of the others will comment. I save the series by date/rolls, and, haven't paid much attentiomn to the varieties, ()MN, and siome of those with a whole bunch)! Nice find, and nice overlay. I will try one of those sans color, one of these days. It seem to be quite clear. You said, "counter clash"> Spend time on the Numiscan, oe CoinsCanadian forums?
Dick

[Russellhome]

The bump under the ear is clearly raised and not the result of some post mint hit. It does not look like a die chip either. But I would not rule out a non-DD explanation - I just don't know what it would be. I'm still waiting on Wexler's opinion on my NC "Extra Hair" find -- and will most likely send this one to him soon. Unless it is extremely obvious, I'll leave the attribution (or otherwise) to the pros.

The 1999 Delaware 25c counter clash was reported in the September 29, 2008 Issue of Coin World. Mike Diamond took a chance on an eBay auction where the seller described the error - but did not have a good photo. When Mike received the coin, he determined it to be a major counter clash. The clash occured on the reverse - repeating the name Caesar Rodney just to the south of their normal position. The lighter, yet nearly complete "counter clashed" RODNEY is fully separated in the field just below RODNEY and remnants of Caesar are visible just above RODNEY. The coin reported was a late die state. If an EDS or MDS example exists, it will be pretty impressive.

The article did not state if it was a P or a D quarter. Perhaps Mike can ring in and let us know (a photo would be great, too).

[Russellhome]

FYI: The verdict is in from John Wexler on the 2001 P NC "Extra Hair" quarter from the original post. He has determined it to be a DDO - assigning file ID WDDO-001. I'm normally not preoccupied with getting credit for a 'find' -- but it is always fun to be the first and get that '001' file ID for a year/date/mint/type. Plus - this is the first 'State Quarter' DDO he has listed that is not a doubled earlobe.

I also sent him the 2005 P MN 25c DDO (shown in the first post) just in case he had not seen it. It turned out to be new to his files as well -- and is now assigned the file ID 2005 P MN 25c WDDO-006.

He has asked to see the WI and DE doubled earlobe quarters I show above. If they get listed, I'll post the Wexler IDs for those as well.

[Dick]

Way to go, Ken, way to go!
Dick

[eagames]

Nice going Russell!

Getting a new listing is always fun

[Russellhome]

Just to add to the theme of this post... A few more recent finds.

I found a couple of 2007 WY P DDRs - ones I had found previously. But I also located a nice new one (new to me). It is listed by CONECA as DDR-005.



Hawaii quarters finally arrived at my bank today. They limited me to two BU rolls. Much to my surprise, there was a very minor double earlobe DDO. It was the odd coin out -- I found only one.



I also found a decent Colorado DDO in the circulated rolls I got today.



I have a feeling that the double earlobe varieties are a kin to Column Doubling on a Lincoln cent. There are a few major ones -- and most likely lots of very minor varieties.

[Dick]

Ken, I have wondered about that, nyself. I look at that area pof most coins i receive, just because of the OMC DDR situation. It is logical, that it would have to happen. The MN quarters show just how extensive it can become.
Dick