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1979 Quarter - Interesting Find

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Was searching my change bucket this morning and came across this 79 quarter. Almost looks like someone engraved a design into the obverse. Thought I would share.


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Looks like deliberate defacing.
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Wonder what they where trying to do. Almost looks like 2 birds on the forehead
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Almost looks like someone engraved a design into the obverse

Hard to say
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The likely perp -- a bored mechanic in an auto repair shop on a slow day.
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