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An unknown number of the quarters issued
for the State of Wisconsin are reported to have an extra
leaf on the ear of corn depicted on the coin.
Find one and your two bits will turn into a
cool a value of somewhere between $300-$600, according to recent auctions
on eBay. People are quickly trying to
round up the coins by buying up quantities of
rolls of the state quarters.
There are 2 known varieties of the
Wisconsin coin flaw -
one with an extra leaf on the coin folded
down, (pictured above), and another with the
same leaf folded up.
What caused the "flaw" in the Wisconsin
state quarter from Tucson? Well, unlike
other famous flaws such as the 1955 and 1972
pennies that was stamped twice (or "double die" as
it is commonly known), this irregularity must have
been caused by a deliberate alternate die.
The U.S. Mint does not know what caused this but
is investigating.
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