A couple more 'State Quarter' finds

[Russellhome]

More recent finds...

A possible 1999 P PA 25c DDO (not the earlobe this time)



A possible 2004 P Michigan 25c Doubled Earlobe



A bold 2008 P Alaska 25c die clash







If you have any unlisted 'State Quarter' finds, please add photos of them to this post. It is always good to know what to look for.

[Dick]

Ken, Those are nice shots. It leaves nothing to the imagination! If I live long enough to find a AK quarter, or a HI, I will be much older than I am! I'm just getting AZ quarters, and only from circulation. My bank just found some Idaho quarters. The teller in the vault saved it for me!
Dick

[Russellhome]

Dick

Alaska quarters are all over the place here. Hawaii just showed up a few days ago. One of my branches has nothing but new Hawaii rolls. I just got a batch to search tonight (I couldn't do a box though -- way to boring to search the same design coin after coin).

Since I've started searching circulated quarter rolls by the box, I've been amazed how often I come across bright UNC coins for just about every 'State Quarter' issued. Yes - most of them show lots of normal wear and tear. But every couple of rolls, I see a nice shiny problem free coin and find it is not the new issue -- but often several years old. Eventually, I started puting them aside rather than cashing them in.

This past weekend, I sat down with my 3 daughters and we filled each of their State Quarter books from these circulated roll finds. I bought the books 8 years ago but the girls were too young to be interested. We had a great time filling them up - and they look pretty darn good for coming from mostly circulated rolls.

[Dick]

Ken, that is the way I have gotten my solid-date, roll set of the State Series. I used to but a box of quarters, and go thru them, and "full the tubes", set up on a board that holds 45 tubes. Yes I know, there are 50 states,. but I could only get 45 holes on the board! now that they are all filled, I can move them out, and set up a new line. I try to also buy a solid, BU roll iof eash date, and State, as I go along, but my bank is not rela hel[ful. so there are gaps. I still go thru the boxes, and pull a yobe to see if there are any bad coins. If there are, they get replaced from the nice ones that are coming out. I used to go thru the half dollar boxes, too, but there is opnly junk, so I returned them to the bank, and got quarter boxes instead.
As far as going thru a box of solid date rolls, yes, that could be very boring, no matter what shows up! I get enough of that in the wheat, and Memorial rolls. The one thing that does help, is after going thru a box, I will have every coin in a tube with date, and MM separate. These I box, and will go thru them alter, as the diggerent finds, are posted, I go thru a roll of that date. Could even get lucky!
Dick

[Russellhome]

Logging another find... 2008 P Arizona 25c DDO - a decent double earlobe.




I actually found two of this die variety over this holiday weekend in separate batches of rolls from my bank. This is the first time I found another example of the same variety in circulated quarter rolls. Hopefully this is a sign that this particular variety was released in numbers to my area.

[Bob P]

Ken,
The Pennsylvania DDO is just like the one I found this week. I am pretty sure it is a legitimate DDO. I am still going through mine, but I should have some more to add to this thread soon.

[Russellhome]

Bob

That is nice to hear that you think the PA 25c variety I show above is a DDO. Since it is different than the other more common 'earlobe' type, I just was not sure. I did check for a possible clash -- and a similar mark may occur from the drapes in the woman's clothes -- but near as I can tell, such marks would be more vertical. Plus, there is no other sign of a clash - so I kind of ruled that out.

Are you planning on sending your recent finds to Wexler? If your example of this PA coin is better than what I have, I'd prefer that you send in your example. Mine is slighly circulated. Plus - I don't like to send it more that 5 at a time and I'm pretty sure I have more than that to send in at the moment.

FYI: I found another very minor PA DDO last night (also from the Philly mint)...



I was barely able to photograph this one -- but my rule of thumb is -- if I can get a good photo of it, it is a keeper.

[daggit]

Those are nice Ken and I like your images.

[Dick]

Sandra, Yes, they are great! I wish I could get mine to come out, even half that good, and I would be happy!
Dick

[Russellhome]

Thank you Sanda and Dick. I try. It has taken lots of practice, but I am getting the technique down. You may be surprised to learn that I do this with only the basics. So as not to stray from topic in this thread, I did a post about in in the 'Photo Help' forum. Here is the link...

http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=30260#30260

[daggit]

Thank you Ken

[Russellhome]

In all the 25c rolls I've searched in the past few weeks, I've been hard-pressed to find any good DDRs. I'd found a few decent Wyoming DDRs early on -- but anything since has been too minor to mention. Finally, I found a good 2005 P Oregon DDR. This one was easy to spot.

[Bob P]

Ken,
Rather than post the same results here as I posted in the CONECA forum, I will refer you to those pics of the finds I had so far. Once I finish all the rolls I have here, I will send them to John to look over.

[Russellhome]

Another new one. This 2008 P New Mexico 25c DDO is better than average -- as the Earlobe DDOs seem to be going. It does not appear to be the one listed on CONECA.



I've been looking for a NM DDR - as listed on Variety Vista. I've seen plenty of NM quarters - but so far, no luck.

[fiddle-fart]

since we are on the subject of NC quarters.
this one has always struck me as odd.



the red line seems to show a shadow of the object below it and the blue shows alot of ripling of the bottom airfoil

Thanks
Mike