A TIKTOK account dedicated to coins explains how one of his followers found one of the most famous valuable errors on a well-known quarter.
A drummer boy quarter has a very valuable error that you can look for on these very well-known quarters.
TikToker Eric Miller (@thecoinchannel) who is known for his facts about money and its peculiarities, posted a video about a potentially $600 bicentennial drummer boy quarter his follower found.
“What she was very smart to do was to look very close at “Liberty” on the front.”
Miller explained that most people would never think to look at this feature on a quarter.
He then showed close-ups of the “R”, “E” and “B” on the quarter showing that they were doubled.
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“That is called a double dye.
“One of the most famous valuable errors to look for on these very well-known quarters,” he explained.
Miller said that the coin could be listed online and sell for a few hundred dollars, but he shared a website that he would use to get more money for the coin.
He goes to pcg.com/submissionguide, which has the submission form of one of the largest coin grading companies in the world, The Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS).
There is a guide at the bottom of the page, steps one through 11, that walks through the process.
If the coin is certified, it could go for upwards of $810, which is how much the drummer boy quarter sold for Miller revealed.
Many people have this quarter so Miller urges people to check for doubling on theirs.
Anyone could come across a rare coin just as Megan Green did; a mother from Texas who took up coin roll hunting as a hobby.
In 2018, Green found a 1969-S Lincoln, Double Die Obverse Cent that was worth up to $24,000.
“When the variety was first discovered in the mid-1970s, the U.S. Secret Service declared it a counterfeit, and even seized the first of these coins that were reported,’ wrote Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett in 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins.
“When everything was sorted out, the Secret Service reversed their position and declared the 1969-S cent to be genuine, and returned the seized coins.”
PCGS estimates that only 30 examples are known today across all grades.
The distinguishable features of this rare coin include its burned orange color due to its 95% copper and 5% zinc makeup.
