Sally Ride Error Coin Certified by NGC
A 2022 Sally Ride American Women quarter that was mistakenly struck on a Jefferson nickel planchet has been certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC). Graded Mint Error MS-67, it is…
A 2022 Sally Ride American Women quarter that was mistakenly struck on
a Jefferson nickel planchet has been certified by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC). Graded Mint Error MS-67, it is being offered by GreatCollections on April 30.
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. Bidding for the coin had already
reached $6,000 more than three weeks before the sale.
Dr. Sally Ride was celebrated by the U.S. Mint for her contributions in physics, space exploration and education. She was the first American woman to go to space; her two missions were in 1983 and 1984 aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. She passed away in 2012.
