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1972 Quarter With Triangle In The Leaf

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 Posted 07/11/2018  2:11 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wooden1165 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Ok, what is up with this triangle in the leaf here and why does this "R" look so different than the other?
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 Posted 07/11/2018  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1. Triangle on the leaf is a die chip.
2. The R is PMD.
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 Posted 07/11/2018  2:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Waynoah83 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry to disagree with you silver but I think this is the result of a die clash and the die got polished a ton in that spot. There should actually be a leaf there. It's what remains of the leaf that is usually present on the coin. Compare it to another quRter and see for yourself
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 Posted 07/11/2018  2:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for pointing out my mistake Waynoah83. I reply to many threads per day, and I accidentally copy/pasted a reply I was typing to another thread into this thread. Sorry.

It is the result of overpolishing the die, which removed the leaf.
I don't think it is caused by a clash, as the leaf is present on all normal coins.


The flattened R looks like some PMD.
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But clashes are only on the fields of the coin. That area is deeper into the die and not affected by a clash. There is nothing to cause a clash on that area:
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Check to see if it is level with the field and leaf. It maybe just a stain? The mark on the leg of the 'R' is just a Struck Through Grease error.
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Coop - As the leaf is present on normal coins but only a fragment is left on this one, I'm thinking it because the die was overpolished in that area.
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That looks like a stain to me.
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 Posted 07/11/2018  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Waynoah83 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Where is the leaf that is there on every other quarter with this design, on every year. I agree it may look like a stain but what are the odds of this particular die missing that leaf and a stain appearing in the exact same location that is the exact shape and size of the missing leaf? I don't know why it's missing, possibly a little grease was stuck in that leaf on the die. If not from polishing than that is the most obvious answer.
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07/11/2018 11:53 pm
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 Posted 07/13/2018  11:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wooden1165 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a lot of answers. Hmm.. Need to narrow that done that's for sure. :)
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 Posted 07/17/2018  6:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jst1dreamr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you are looking for the value; either way there is not much if any added value that I see.

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