Coin and Paper Money Collecting/1788 us quarter coin

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Expert: - 2/4/2010


Question
I recently found a 1788 us quarter coin I try to do a reserch on this coin but I could only find imformation from 1792 & up
I was wondered whats the value on this coin
Any imformation you can provide will be appreciated

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Rafael,

The U.S. Mint did not start producing coins until 1792 -- the first quarters were minted in 1796.

So you must have either some kind of colonial coin, or more likely some kind of modern, privately minted fantasy coin.

If you can provide a picture of both sides of the coin, I can try to research it further.

Dan

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