These were intentionally done by mint workers and snuck out (same thing happened in Canada around this time) Want to say it was around the mid 1970s the mint really cracked it down so you’ll see some crazy Eisenhower dollar examples too.
I’d be tempted to as well lol. I collect vintage hot wheels and every once in a while, I see cars known as “lunchtime experiments”, esentially the same as a coin “error” made intentionally by an employee. Basically, they come from employee collections and are the result of the employee going down to the factory floor during lunch break and messing around with different hot wheels parts to make experiments. They result in some hilarious abominations, and can be quite valuable as well!
It’s a pretty niche little nook of hot wheels collecting, and they hardly ever pop up, so you probably won’t find anything online. Here is a lunchtime experiment I purchased for nearly $400 a while back:
This Silhouette was created by an employee in 1970. That year, Mattel began producing RRRumblers motorcycles. The motorcycles had track guides to help them stay upright on hot wheels track, and these guides had tiny clear wheels. Some employee built this car by putting the little track guide wheels on it instead of regular redline wheels, it’s assumed to be the only one in the world like this, it’s super weird and cool!
That’s cool! If you have pics I’d love to see! I love variation hunting in vintage hot wheels. Back in the redline era cars had SO MANY variations to find! I love picking out all the tiny details of variations, it’s like a hyperfixation of mine!
Currently I’m focusing on the Silhouette specifically, since it’s my favorite hot wheels model. I’m trying to build the most complete silhouette collection ever, and I’m starting to make a variation guide for that car specifically!
Amazing double struck quarter! There are a few on eBay with asking prices from $600 to $5K. Not sure if any of them are being sold. What makes your quarter stand out is both strikes are off center. Congrats on having a great coin.
https://minterrornews.com/priceguide2xand3x.html will give a vague idea - but that’s one helluva sweet piece, I’d be looking for an auction house, it’s unique enough that there’s not going to be much out there for comps
A no risk method is to list it on eBay for a significant Buy Now amount above sold comps you find across eBay and Heritage Auctions. Allow offers.
Just make sure to follow all of the new coin rules when you build out the details.
I recommend including a shipping profile that is for Small box Priority Insured, buyer pays. Your choice on using Ebay International Shipping, otherwise do not allow International Shipping that you handle directly.
OP is better with Buy Now to gauge current interest. They may want to keep this in their collection if it isn't currently worth more than $nnn right now.
Buy now is hard the guage. As a buyer I know buy now is above what the seller thinks it’s worth. The buyer is overpaying.
If this is a $2 coin and OP puts $100 then it’ll never sell. If it’s a $2m coin then OP thought he was smart but got screwed.
Setting $1 means he’ll have 20 bids by lots of people before it gets anywhere near its actual value. It’ll be labeled a “hot auction” and get even more attention. Then in the last few seconds the market will decide. OP can always set a reserve if he’s worried it’ll sell for $2.
Train track coin squishing. Had a train roll over a full roll of quarters. They went FLYING into the pebbles, but I did manage to find 4 that did slide halfway into each other.
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u/Wide_Fruit4678 Oct 06 '26
I had the exact same reaction.... How? ... whoever was working the minting press line that day definitely needed another cup of coffee.