Just Bob

From one Magnolia Stater to another: Welcome to the forum. The pictures are too fuzzy when enlarged to determine if there is any doubling, but I will tell you that there are currently no known doubled die reverse varieties for the 1961D quarter. That does not mean that there are none that exist, but the odds of finding an unknown variety on a 60 year old issue are not great. There are, however, five re-punched mint marks that have been identified. I am going to give you links to two different pages that might be of help: our host's Variety Plus page for Washington quarters LInk Here, and the Variety Vista page, as well Link Here. You can compare your coin to the pictures on these two sites, and see if you come up with a match. Remember: "kinda-sorta close" doesn't count. It has to be an exact match. Hope you are ok in the snow and ice.

Cool circulation find!

Looks like someone was playing with their letter punch set. Just damaged.

Welcome to the forum. Your coin is not a mint error. It is what is known as a "Dryer coin." The theory is that these are coins which have been caught between the inner and outer drums of a commercial dryer, and the pressure and movement wears and deforms the rim. This is also the look when a coin has been "spooned," or tapped repeatedly around the rim. (Spooning is the first step in making a ring from a coin.) Regardless, it was not done this way at the mint.

Do you think you would get five dollars (or more) worth of enjoyment from owning this coin? It isn't a large amount of money, so it probably wouldn't matter to me if it were naturally or artificially toned. If I thought it looked nice, and I wanted it, I would go for it.

I'm not sure I would call that "GEM." I'm not even sure I would call it "UNC." Looks like it has a bit of rub on the high points on both sides. As for the missing letters, that could be a struck-through.

In 1918, Miss Ophelia Fox opened a cigar store in the lobby of the Carrol Hotel in Vicksburg, MS, at the age of 48. Ten years later, she married H.J Lesser, and continued to run the store for two more years. Unfortunately, after waiting almost 60 years to wed, she passed away in 1937, after only 9 years of marriage. I posted a black and white picture of the hotel in an earlier post. Here is a colorized version:

Some helpful reading material can be found HERE

S&H and Top Value were the two most common trading stamps in this area, as I recall.

The proof version is the rare one. Yours is a circulation strike, not a proof. There were 102,736,000 of these minted in 1950 at the Hamburg mint (J).

Sounds like you may need to take a breath. Thousands of people have sent in coins to have them graded, and I bet you can do it, too. You can submit in one of three ways: 1) Have an authorized dealer send them in for you, as you have stated. 2) Upgrade your membership to a paid account, and submit directly to NGC. 3) Become a member of the ANA, and submit directly. I do not work for or represent NGC, but I can tell you that yes, they grade coins for money. All for-profit companies do their work for money, or some type of compensation. It is the way of the free market system. The information that I just gave you, and more, can be found on this page: https://www.ngccoin.com/submit-coins/how-to-submit.aspx

Probably would have been easier to go to your profile page and look through the threads you have started. I did, and there were only 19 choices, so you should have been able to find this one right away.

Welcome to the forum. The grades of Poor to About Good, which is what "PrAg" means in this thread, have nothing to do with your coin. Those grades describe a coin that is worn almost smooth, and your coin is obviously not in that kind of shape. I have to say, though, that your pictures definitely do not make your coin look anywhere as nice as the MS66 coin that you also posted. In fact, your coin does not look uncirculated at all. Enlarging your pictures shows numerous tics and hits, and what appears to be wear. There is also very little luster showing, especially compared to your other coin. Sorry to be such a downer on your first thread, but I am just calling it like I see it.

This is an interesting idea. I hope, at some point in the future, you will post a link to your set, so that we can see what you have accomplished. Good luck!

Welcome to the forum. To elaborate a bit: In the early 1960s, the country was experiencing a shortage of small change, and the government, looking for someone to blame, decided that coin collectors were the culprit. They came up with the idea that if they did not put mint marks on the coins, it would discourage collectors from pulling coins from circulation. So, they passed an act to mint all coins with no mint mark, which lasted for three yeas. They also increased the number of coins minted each year. Your quarter, for example, was one of over 1.5 Billion quarters minted with the 1967 date. The total number of quarters dated either 1965, 66, or 67 was over 4 billion. That is why they can still be found, with some frequency, in circulation today - over 50 years later. As for the grade of your coin, you could probably squeak a Very Good out of it, but it is still only worth 25 cents. Now, if you don't mind, I have a serious question for you. (And this question is asked without any hint of implication, accusation, or preconception. I just really am curious). What was your reason for putting all of those tags in the title?

My sister, stepdaughter, and one of my neighbors all have chickens, so they usually keep us in eggs, but if they are out, we buy from some other local farmers. Fresh farm eggs usually go from $1.50 to $3 a dozen. The advantage, besides being chemical/antibiotic free, is that they will last a month just sitting on the counter - if you don't wash them until you get ready to use them. To be honest ,I haven't bought eggs from the store in so long I wasn't sure what they were selling for, so I stopped by the local grocery store this morning. Large eggs ranged from $1.69 for the store brand to $4.19 for organic. I checked potatoes while I was there. Russets were 5 lbs/$3.69,and 5 lb bags of reds were $2.50.

I think they are mostly a matter of taste. Some like them - some don't. I am one of the some that likes them. Got pictures? Oh, and Welcome to the Forum.

Where are you buying a dozen eggs for $0.84, or 5 lbs of potatoes for 99 cents? I need to shop there.

Here is a link to the thread that Joe posted on this forum about the fire and his safes. CLICK HERE

It is not an error. It appears to have been plated, and the plating is now coming off.

From NGC: "Coins graded MS 69 and lower may be encapsulated in the Certified Roll. All coins must be the same grade, but adjectival grades such as GEM UNCIRCULATED are acceptable if the coins qualify. The Certified Roll is currently available for eligible bulk submissions of American Silver Eagles and Chinese Silver Pandas."

In order to avoid confusion, it's better to start a new thread for each coin you would like to discuss. Posting your coin on someone else's thread makes it harder to figure out which coin is being talked about

I have not looked at prices, but, if it looks like you may be able to get your target price by selling now, it might not be a bad idea to go ahead and turn them loose. There is no way to predict what silver, or Statehood Quarters, or inflation, or the ability to freely buy or sell will be like in 20 years.

Oh, I see... You're stoned. Now it all makes sense.

That is an awfully uppity attitude. What is the problem here?