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1999-P 25C Delaware Statehood Quarter -- Struck on an Experimental Planchet -- MS67 PCGS. The "Golden" Sacagawea dollar was first issued in early 2000. Its manganese alloy was developed during 1999, and since Sacagawea dies were unavailable at that time, the alloy was tested using statehood quarter dies, which were similar in diameter. For each of the five 1999 statehood quarter designs, a select number of examples were struck at the Philadelphia Mint in a green-gold manganese alloy. Such pieces are better regarded as patterns than errors, since their production was experimental instead of accidental. But they are unlisted in the tenth edition of Judd, and are designated as errors by PCGS. The present pristine and lustrous Superb Gem was struck on an undersized planchet relative to the collar diameter, since the rim width is variable and the peripheral legends exhibit moderate stretching toward the rim.
1999-P 25C Delaware Statehood Quarter -- Struck on an Experimental Planchet -- MS67 PCGS. The "Golden" Sacagawea dollar was first issued in early 2000. Its manganese alloy was developed during 1999, and since Sacagawea dies were unavailable at that time, the alloy was tested using statehood quarter dies, which were similar in diameter. For each of the five 1999 statehood quarter designs, a select number of examples were struck at the Philadelphia Mint in a green-gold manganese alloy. Such pieces are better regarded as patterns than errors, since their production was experimental instead of accidental. But they are unlisted in the tenth edition of Judd, and are designated as errors by PCGS. The present pristine and lustrous Superb Gem was struck on an undersized planchet relative to the collar diameter, since the rim width is variable and the peripheral legends exhibit moderate stretching toward the rim.