state quarters

i heard that there has been errors with the state quarters. when you look at the george washington head, then turn it around the name of the state is always upside down. the error is that some quarters aren't upside. the government is paying money to whoever finds it.

 

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What?

Why?

 

what do you mean?

 

Why would the government want to buy back coins?

Rotated reverses are not very common, and depending on the degree of rotation, collectors will pay nice money for them. Far more than the mint.

 

i'm not sure, my parents told me.

 

I hear this type of story pretty often. When the mint wants something returned, they come and take it. The 33 St. Gauden is a perfect example.

 

have you seen the the errored quaters, i haven't.

 

I have seen and sold many error quarters over the years. Check out

http://www.mikebyers.com

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besides the error we were talking about, what other quarter errors have you seen?

 

I have seen one of most denominations. While each is rare to a point, there are many errors out there.

 

I have seen a few filled die SHQ's.
That's where part of the design and lettering are weak or missing.

 

I found this New Hampshire after going through some poker money a couple weeks ago...

 

This looks like die deterioration doubling,not a very collectible item unfortunately. This and several other types are commonly refered to as machine doubling. No true doubled dies have beed discovered on the States Quarter series as of right now. However,it's now accepted that doubled dies can indeed be created from the single squeeze process as noted on some recent Lincoln Cents.
Other errors on States Quarters include off metal/wrong planchet errors,broadstrikes,off centers,and clips. Missing clad layer Quarter's have become very popular on States Quarter's as well.
Today,the Mint's quality control program catches most, but not all of the oversized errors. This is why we're seeing such high prices on the new material being auctioned on Ebay. ~ Jim

 

this is kinda off topic- but I keep on finding mechanically doubled 1984 p jefferson nickels in my change. Its kind of strange. Why do I keep finding them and why are they always a 1984 p????

 

Probably a combination of many factor's at the time.High production figures and poor quality standards. Machine doubling in it's various forms is alot more common than most folks may think. Except to beginner's bidding on ebay,these coins have no real numismatic value today,just examples of sloppy production. ~ Jim