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1944 25C Washington Quarter -- Struck on a Zinc-Plated Steel Cent Planchet -- MS62 NGC....
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$16,800.00
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Description
1944 Washington Quarter, MS62
Struck on a 'Steelie' Cent Planchet
1944 25C Washington Quarter -- Struck on a Zinc-Plated Steel
Cent Planchet -- MS62 NGC. 2.7 grams, equal to the statutory
weight of a "steelie" cent. The magnetic zinc-plated steel cents
were struck in 1943, and the alloy was also used in 1944 to strike
a much smaller quantity of 2 francs at the Philadelphia Mint for
war-torn Belgium. One of the aforementioned zinc-plated steel
cents, in use for only two years, ended up between 1944 Washington
quarter dies, to become this off-metal mint error. Our auction
archives reveal only one prior appearance of this wrong planchet
combination, an AU details example, likely dated 1944, as lot 4971
in our November 2013 New York Signature. The present Mint State
example was struck flush with the collar die near 6 o'clock, and
has a bold date. LIBERTY and (appropriately) the denomination are
altogether absent. Somewhat oval with a bulge at 12 o'clock,
whether outward expansion was unrestrained by the collar die.
Satiny and unabraded with oxidation on the eagle's chest, belly,
and legs.
Auction Info
2022 December 21 The Misfits Collection of U.S. Error Coinage, Part 2 Showcase Auction #63200 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2022
21st
Wednesday
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