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  • 2016-06-07 (xsd:date)
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  • 1970 U.S. Quarter Struck on 1941 Canadian Quarter (en)
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  • An article published on Woman's World on 31 May 2016 described a rare U.S. quarter from 1970 that was purportedly minted by accident on the back of a Canadian coin: The article quoted above is based on an eBay listing for a 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on 1941 Canada Quarter NGC PF 65. The coin is currently listed by Mike Byers, Inc. for USD$35,000: The chances of finding one of these coins are practically nonexistent, as they are proof coins, and were therefore never intended for circulation: According to the eBay listing, Byers obtained this rare coin from a California state auction: While Byers has a long history of buying and selling mint error coins, many appeared skeptical about this eBay listing, largely because there seems to be no practical reason that a 1970 United States quarter would be minted in the same place as a 1941 Canada quarter. While third-party coin certification company Numismatic Guaranty Corporation couldn't provide the reason the coin was created, they did confirm to us that it was legitimate: Byers provided a little extra information about the coin, writing that it was discovered in a bank safety deposit box in California before it was put on the auction block: (en)
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