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New Member
United States
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Not sure if this happened to this coin? I had one of those Mechanical gear Penny Smasher Souvenir Machine. Well' once in a while a quarter would flop into the gear mechanism and produce a similar coin. Good conversation coin for C/C
On the subject of your images, how were they produced?
They are excellent!
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks! I use a Plugable USB microscope, black cardboard for the background, and an inexpensive LED lamp that has a piece of computer paper wrapped around the bulb to diffuse the light. It's a super simple setup. I still definitely struggle with taking pictures of uncirculated coins because of the light/reflections. Always a work in progress :-)
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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CRHunting, your pictures are so impressive that I decided to invest $40 in one of these Plugable USB microscopes. It's certainly better than the results I've been getting with my iPhone. And yes, lighting is always the issue. I don't know how people are able to take pictures of proof silver coins!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
United States
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Could this be an extreme collar clash?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This appears to be post-strike damage affecting the design rim. I suspect it is related to the damage found on the Northern Mariana Islands quarter that was discussed here previously: http://goccf.com/t/427810#3673221Error coin writer and researcher.
Edited by mikediamond
11/04/2022 1:30 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Hi Mike, Thanks for posting! It was a really interesting thread to read through. If I'm understanding correctly it looks like it was determined that the coin displayed post strike damage but that it was still inconclusive about whether or not it was post mint damage. That said, in the thread you seemed to be heavily leaning toward the coin being PMD rather than damaged at the mint post-strike. I'll definitely keep this coin in my "oddities" bag. Definitely an interesting discussion piece. Thanks for taking the time to review and comment! |
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United States
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Oh and @Hondo, I hope you enjoy the microscope! For the price it's really an awesome deal. I've gotten a ton of use out of mine for both photographing and error hunting.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Funny this coin. Who do 'it this? No idea. I saw also Can quarters like this. I will like to know the provenience of this quarter,
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the coin got sideways in side the reeding gears. this happens from time to time. sometimes they are recorded as railroad tracks. you can get a center strip the whole way around your coin outside edge. this also happens to Canadian coins as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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rocky
There is no such thing as " reeding gears", the reeding is
part of the collar and are applied when the hammer and
anvil dies press the planchet into the collar.
If it went in sideways, it would be bent in half.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 with Mike and the Frog. Post mint damage, not a mint error.  |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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As much as I would love for this to be a legitimate mint error, I am now leaning on the side of PMD. The bottom right oddity is incuse so it doesn't look like rim-restricted design duplication. That said, thank you nick10 for sending that idea. I had never seen that error information before and I think it does match up with some coins that someone else was recently stumped on. I just sent the info over to him! Thanks Everyone!  Edited by CRHunting
11/08/2022 4:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rim-restricted design duplication is, as far as I know, restricted to the face struck by the hammer die. In this case, the obverse design was almost certainly struck by the anvil die. Furthermore, RRDD would, in this case, involve the nearest letters, which would be the LAR of DOLLAR. And they would not be raised within a surrounding recess. So, while the appearance of this coin is very strange and currently inexplicable, its features do not comport with anything that could emerge from a coining press.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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