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Oklahoma 2008 State Quarter:
Shortly after the Oklahoma State Quarter Launch on January 28, 2008 it was discovered that some of the
Pennsylvania Minted Oklahoma State Quarters contained a "Die Clash" which according to articles I read
occurred in various degrees. The coins with this "die clash" were found in the plastic case containing
the P and D mint set commemorating the quarter launch and marked "Presented by Governor Brad Henry and
the Oklahoma Historic Center".
Naturally I immediately checked the 10 sets that we had purchased and to my surprise I had one set which
contained one such coin. Depending on the severity this irregularity may be visible to the naked eye,
the coin I have is a pretty good specimen and you can easily locate the error by viewing the reverse of
the coin without the help of a magnifying lens. I've added an image below showing the reverse of the coin
and looking at the area between where the lower wing and lower tail feather connect to the body of the bird
you can see irregular shapes that appear to be in the background behind the bird.
It's a little hard to see in this image but inside the red square are several marks that appear like
boomarang shaped marks. Notice also that the coin is pressed off center and upward quite a bit, this
seems to be an issue for a number of the P coins in these mint sets. Another error that has been noted
is a extra petal on the right upper most flower which is a little harder to see. I haven't checked yet
once I find out which this error is on, P or D I'll be going through what I have of that set.
The link below is to the Oklahoma Die Clash error story on the CONECA Website where I first
came across it, note: there are a number of error coins on that page so be sure and scroll down a
little less than halfway down the page to locate the Oklahoma Error Coin.