NGC-certified Sally Ride Error Coin Sold for Over $10,000

A 2022-P Sally Ride Quarter error coin, certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®), realized an impressive $10,181 in a GreatCollections auction on April 30, 2023. The coin, which was mistakenly struck on a Jefferson Nickel planchet, is graded NGC Mint Error MS 67.

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Wrong planchet errors are dramatic because they often involve the truncation of a coin's design. The smaller Nickel Planchet affected the words LIBERTY on the obverse as well as QUARTER DOLLAR and DR. SALLY RIDE on the reverse. Modern technology and quality control procedures have limited the number of mint errors that find their way into circulation, so a coin like this generates excitement in the numismatic community.

The Dr. Sally Ride Quarter was released as part of the inaugural year of the American Women Quarter Program, which was introduced to honor outstanding women in US history. Other women included in the 2022 series are Maya Angelou, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong. To complement the American Women Quarters Program, NGC introduced an elegant American Women label celebrating the five women who are featured on the 2022 Quarters. The Sally Ride error coin is encapsulated with this label.

NGC-certified coins found in upcoming GreatCollections auctions include:

• a 1901-S Barber Quarter graded NGC MS 67 (item 1268625) with a starting bid of $160,000, with bidding ending May 7
• a 1926-S Buffalo Nickel graded NGC MS 65 (item 1066569) with a starting bid of $100,000, with bidding ending May 14
• a (1792) Copper Cent – Washington Born Virginia graded NGC MS 65 BN and pedigreed to the Eric P. Newman Collection (item 885736) with a starting bid of $80,000, with bidding ending May 7
• an 1878 Morgan Dollar - 7 Tailfeathers, Reverse of 1878 graded NGC MS 66 DPL (item 1350299) with a starting bid of $29,000, with bidding ending May 14
• an 1839 Braided Hair Cent Type of 1840 graded NGC MS 66 RB (item 1313900) with a starting bid of $0,000, with bidding ending May 7
• a 1932-S Washington Quarter graded NGC MS 66 (item 1362277) with a starting bid of $19,000, with bidding ending May 14
• a 1951-S Franklin Half Dollar graded NGC MS 67+ FBL (item 1362278) with a starting bid of $12,000, with bidding ending May 14
• a 1942-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar graded NGC MS 68 (item 1336045) with a starting bid of $10,000, with bidding ending May 14
• a Great Britain 2020 Gold 200 Pounds - Pay Attention 007 graded NGC PF 70 Ultra Cameo (item 1135644) with a starting bid of $10,000

The price realized includes a buyer’s premium.