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2004-D 25C Wisconsin Extra Leaf High MS65 PCGS

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Price: $500.00   
Grade: MS65
Quantity: 1
PCGS Coin #: 914033
Last Update: 8/18/2026
Dealer:  (Terms) Eagle Eye Rare Coins (18)
Show/Booth: ANA Money Show / 927
 
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Special 20th Anniversary Special. Two-coin set. Wisconsin Extra Leaf Quarter set. High Leaf and Low Leaf PCGS MS65 From "The Lord Provides" collection.These are from a special purchase of coins found by a Tucson family 20 years ago when these coins were first discovered.  They marketed some at the time on eBay as the seller "Lord Provides."  Recently they sold their remaining coins to us and we are now able to offer them to you. These are outstanding uncirculated coins graded MS65.  Finally solved! How they were made!These die errors; now known as an Added Design Element variety (ADE-001; ADE-002) have been long-discussed as to how they were created. It is now known; and can be conclusively proven; that these added elements were put on the dies by a Denver Mint employee who had access to the die manufacturing room. Numerous theories have been put forward: The first theory; put out by the Mint itself; soon after these were discovered; was that this was caused by a clashed die (A “come together” in Mint terms). This is obviously a misdirection by the Mint as there is no clear design element from an opposing die that could make these marks. A second theory is that dropped screw caused the circular marks. This is disproven by the fact that these added elements show clear signs of being added while the die was soft.The proof is in in a close up images of the added design elements. Lets look first at the Low Leaf. It shows two raised elements above the cheese and to the left of the corn. Below the bottom element is a sloping depression in the field. This is the most important thing to make note of. A depression on the coin is a raised field on the die. This rise in the field can ONLY be caused when a die is in its softened state. When the field of the die was impacted by the circular object; likely a small nut driver; the soft metal was pushed up around it. This does not happen to hardened steel dies. As both alternate theories mentioned above involve a hardened die; they

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