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Our website, minterrornews.com, has become the most popular and informative Internet resource for mint errors and is read by thousands of dealers and collectors. Mike Byers (mikebyers.com) is president of Mike Byers Fred Weinberg is a highly respected numismatist, with 40 Inc. He has been a professional numismatist for over years of full time experience in the rare coin marketplace. thirty-five years. He is one of He deals in numismatic United States Gold & Silver the largest dealers handling coinage, as well as specializing in buying & selling Major U.S. Gold Coins, Patterns and Mint Error coinage of all types. He is one of the original 31 Rarities certified by PCGS and dealers selected as an authorized P.C.G.S. (Professional NGC. He has handled major Coin Grading Service) dealer at it’s inception in 1986. coin collections and attends every major coin convention. Mike Byers carries an extensive inventory as well as solicits want lists and is always looking to purchase fresh inventory and collections. You can visit Mike Byers and view his rarities at the ANA, Central States, FUN show and the Long Beach Coin Expo. Mike Byers was a consultant to ANACS for Mint Errors Andy Lustig has been dealing in U.S. and World Coins from 2000 to 2006. He is also the Owner, Publisher and since 1975 and has attended more than 2,000 coin shows Editor of Mint Error News Magazine and the Mint Error and auctions. Andy is the co-founder of the Society of News Website that was founded in 2003. In 2009, Mike U.S. Pattern Collectors (uspatterns.com). He has been Byers published his first book, World’s Greatest Mint a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG Errors, which received the NLG Award for Best World #614) since 2005. He is a member of NGC and was also Coin Book and is available on Amazon.com. a former grader and authenticator for PCGS. Page 4 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter by Mike Byers (mikebyers.com) Page 5 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter roof coins are struck by a 1970-S Proof Quarter was over- technicians who hand feed the struck on a Silver Barber Quarter Pblanks into special presses. and is one of two known. This mint They are produced, examined and error was originally discovered in packaged using extreme quality group of San Francisco Proof Errors control. It is very unusual to find major that was auctioned by the State of proof errors. A few broadstrikes, California. There is some detail on off-centers, double strikes in collars both sides showing the design of the and off-metals have been known to Barber Quarter. This is one of the be found in sealed proof sets. Proof most famous U.S. Proof Major Mint errors are aggressively sought after Error ever released from the San by many error collectors. Francisco Mint. A very small group of Proof errors The second coin of this unique pair recently came from a collection is a 1970-S Proof Quarter from the that was auctioned by the State of United States that was over struck on California. The U.S. Secret Service a 1941 Quarter from Canada. This inspected and released this collection unique mint error was originally to the State of California determining discovered in group of San Francisco that it was legal to own. The State Proof Errors that was auctioned by of California then auctioned the the State of California. There is a collection and it has been dispersed significant amount of detail on both since the sale. sides showing the design of the Canadian Quarter. This is one of Proof Washington Quarters struck in the most fascinating and intriguing 1970 by the San Francisco Mint were proof mint errors ever discovered. clad. The first coin of this unique pair, Page 6 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter NGC PF 65 1 of 2 Known (Obverse) Page 7 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter NGC PF 65 1 of 2 Known (Reverse) Page 8 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on 1941 Canada Quarter NGC PF 65 (Obverse) Page 9 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on 1941 Canada Quarter NGC PF 65 (Reverse) Page 10 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter 1970-S Proof Washington Quarter Struck on 1941 Canada Quarter NGC PF 65 Page 11 minterrornews.com NGC Certifies Unique Pair of Proof Quarters Struck on a Silver Barber Quarter and a Silver Canadian Quarter Mike Byers was on Fox News in a segment featuring these two incredible quarters. Page 12 minterrornews.com MIKE BYERS INC MIKEBYERS.COM U.S. & WORLD MAJOR MINT ERRORS Mike Byers has been a professional numismatist for forty years. He is one of the largest dealers handling U.S. Gold Coins, Patterns and Rarities certified by PCGS and NGC. He has handled major coin collections and attends every major coin convention. Mike Byers carries an extensive inventory as well as solicits want lists and is always looking to purchase fresh inventory and collections. Mike Byers was a consultant to ANACS for Mint Errors from 2000 to 2006. He is also the Publisher and Editor of Mint Error News Magazine and the Mint Error News Website that was founded in 2003. In 2009, Mike Byers published his first book, World’s Greatest Mint Errors, which received the NLG Award for Best World Coin Book and is available on Amazon.com. Mike Byers is a life member of ANA since 1985, a charter member of NGC and a featured dealer/member of PCGS. He is World’s Greatest Mint Errors also a life member of the Central States by Mike Byers Numismatic Society and the Florida United Numismatists. He is member A71 in the NLG Award Winner: Certified Coin Exchange (CCE) and a Best World Coin Book member of CoinPlex (BYRS). Mike Byers was born in the coin business attending coin shows since he was six years old. When he was seventeen, he issued his first coin catalog. He has been a Market-Maker in U.S.