# Delaware Coin - truth or UL? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 11, 1999, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327 "1999-12-11T22:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 1999, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/1 "1999-12-11T22:36:00Z")
Rumor has it that a few hundred Delaware quarted were minted with a bad mold & one of the horse’s hooves is missing. Supposedly, these are worth some 3 or 4 figure sum of $$$ because of their rarity. ## Anyone else hear this? Fact or fiction? Sue from El Paso Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 1999, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/2 "1999-12-11T22:54:00Z")
I don’t know, I only have 4 of them and they have all three hooves. ---
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/3 "1999-12-12T07:16:00Z")
Actually that was the POLISH quarter that is missing the fourth hoof. ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Saoud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@Phil\_Saoud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phil_Saoud)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 1999, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/4 "1999-12-12T13:59:00Z")
These rumors pop up quite often and usually leave people disappointed. On the other hand, there are some very valuable error coins that make it into circulation. Unfortunately, it’s not exactly free money. In order to find them, you need to learn a lot about the coin market, collector demand, and coin manufacturing (i.e. coins are not cast in molds, they’re forged with dies). This should answer the immeadiate question in more detail than you probably want… [State Quarters Mistakes](http://www.coinworld.com/statequarters/mistakes.asp) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/5 "1999-12-13T06:08:00Z")
Thanks, Phil! ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 1999, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/6 "1999-12-13T04:49:00Z")
What about the story about new Delaware coins being made because the ones that were out weren’t being accepted by some vending machines? Fact or UL? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-coin-truth-or-ul/5327/7 "1999-12-15T06:00:00Z")
I’d believe it. I haven’t had that problem myself, but I’ve heard several people complaining that the Deleware quarters are rejected by machines. * * * “I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms.” -The Secret of Monkey Island