1822 B-3 is a Previously Unknown Die Marriage SARASOTA, FLA. (June 6, 2017)—Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has certified an 1822 quarter dollar variety that was previously unknown to numismatists. The new discovery has been cataloged as Browning-3, adding a third variety to the two 1822 die marriages that have been sought by generations of quarter […]
CONECA Members Share.. . Steve Atwood of Florida managed to nab five new doubled-die reverse varieties of the recently released 2015-P Homestead (Nebraska) America the Beautiful quarters. At least one of the varieties falls into the category of what I’d consider major while a second variety is what I’d classify as borderline-major, perhaps strong enough […]
CONECA Members Share… CONECA member Robert Risi shared this Double struck die struck both sides with second strike being about 40% off center. Robert has been collecting coins for 31 years and has focused on error coins the past 17 or so years. This coin was picked off e-Bay raw back in 2013. It is now […]
CONECA Members Share… Image courtesy of James Wiles A recent attribution package from ANACS revealed a 1999-S PA States Quarter with the strongest spread DDO of any States Quarter known. The doubling is a class IV, offset toward the East with a tilt, resulting the strong spread on the Left side of the Obverse fading […]
Photo © Ken Potter 2007 / Coin Courtesy of Tracy Miller 1969-D Washington Quarter With a Type B Reverse Q: While attending the Baltimore 2003 Errorama, James Wiles did an ANA Numismatic Theatre Presentation on the Washington Quarter Reverse Design Varieties. The CONECA website gets questions about these so often that I asked James if […]
Images courtesy of John Caswell Q: John Caswell sent an email asking about the potential rarity of two basic hub types that can be found on the reverse of the 1900 Barber quarter (for all Mints). On the so-called Ty-II Reverse the wing tip over the E of UNITED does not touch the right lower […]
by Ken Potter – NLG Q: Would you please help with a Delaware State quarter I listed on e-bay [that appears to be a Denver Mint specimen struck in pure silver]. To the best of your knowledge, is this a fake or possible pattern? Thank you in advance. TK of Washington. A: Tens of thousands […]
