1976 Bicentennial quarter with mint error

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1976 Bicentennial quarter with mint error

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I have a drummer boy quarter bicentennial. I could find anything but is the drummer boys left hand a variety? It looks like a claw. And the D mint on front is filled in. Thanks for the help!
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Re: 1976 Bicentennial quarter with mint error

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Obverse: Filled in Mintmark (Die chip). No added Value.
Reverse: Normal wear/ his Left hand is naturally less detailed than his right.
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Re: 1976 Bicentennial quarter with mint error

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When you can't find an example then it's not a mint error or variety.

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SensibleSal66 wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 3:35 am Obverse: Filled in Mintmark (Die chip). No added Value.
Reverse: Normal wear/ his Left hand is naturally less detailed than his right.
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Re: 1976 Bicentennial quarter with mint error

#5 Unread post by Earle42 »

Save Yourself time, effort, and disappointment...don’t learn the coin hobby backwards.
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Most odd looking things on coins are just post mint damage. So looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage or useless machine doubling, die deterioration, etc.

Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like.

A good way to start is, for instance, separate a bunch of pennies by date. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. :)
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