Coin collectors: Info on valuing a cud error (price, board, interest)

[LieslMet]

I found a 1983 (P) quarter with a cud error in my change today. I was wondering how I would go about getting it valued, rather than just going to a local coin exchange.





On this side, the area to the right of his hair is indented (not the other side of the cud) but only on *this* side is it pressed down. It's not bent through the coin; it's just as if the metal is pushed down further at the inner side, then skids out more shallowly... maybe the die slipped?

[Happy in Wyoming]

Here's a place to start. However, the coin's value will ultimately be determined by sale price.

https://www.amazon.com/2018-US-Error...ds=error+coins

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by LieslMet

I found a 1983 (P) quarter with a cud error in my change today. I was wondering how I would go about getting it valued, rather than just going to a local coin exchange.

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Attachment 184472 On this side, the area to the right of his hair is indented (not the other side of the cud) but only on *this* side is it pressed down. It's not bent through the coin; it's just as if the metal is pushed down further at the inner side, then skids out more shallowly... maybe the die slipped?

That's an interesting error. I'd find a message board for coin collectors - google 'coin collectors forum' (or message board, coin forum, etc). The people on these boards would be happy to offer opinions (on value, grade, etc) of interesting coins that people post.

[Jaggy001]

Originally Posted by freemkt

That's an interesting error. I'd find a message board for coin collectors - google 'coin collectors forum' (or message board, coin forum, etc). The people on these boards would be happy to offer opinions (on value, grade, etc) of interesting coins that people post.

This is one such board.

https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/forum/6-us-coins/

Price really depends on the nature of the error and the age/rarity of the coin.

I just paid $60 for two British coins - Elizabeth II sixpences - with errors. A well known dealer has a George III shilling, certified and graded, with full brockage for $2,950.

My instinct is that Lieslmet's error is not all that interesting and the condition of the coin is not so good as to command a significant price. But US coins are not my area of expertise so I would ask the question on the above mentioned message board.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Jaggy001

This is one such board.

https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/forum/6-us-coins/

Price really depends on the nature of the error and the age/rarity of the coin.

I just paid $60 for two British coins - Elizabeth II sixpences - with errors. A well known dealer has a George III shilling, certified and graded, with full brockage for $2,950.

My instinct is that Lieslmet's error is not all that interesting and the condition of the coin is not so good as to command a significant price. But US coins are not my area of expertise so I would ask the question on the above mentioned message board.

That is my thinking as well - especially a circulated, modern U.S. cud error can't be worth submitting to NGC for grading and attribution. (Even so, there are a surprising number of low-value coins in NGC and PCGS slabs. Like, what was the person thinking when they mailed in the coin? An early 1960s Franklin half is worth slabbing if it comes back MS65, but not if it comes back a 63 - they're actually scarce higher than 64 and a dime a dozen below 64.)

My experience with British coins is pretty much limited to late 19th - early 20th century pennies; very well circulated but no discernible errors.

[LieslMet]

Thanks, All- I'll add it to my collection of interesting coins and leave it be. My grandfather was the avid collector, with cabinets lining the hallway to his office with them. I mainly just enjoy seeing them.

[freemkt]

p.s. in this thread, by "modern" i'm referring to "post-silver" coins - not the broader coin concept of "modern" coins being post-ancient or post-medieval or post-1500.