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New Member
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Well actually it's on a nickel planchet. And the damage looks like die clashes or poss metal flow to being under weight?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, post strike damage--didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition. Not an error. In addition to other things, it appears intense heat may have been applied for a relatively short period of time. Perhaps intentionally by some one using a hobby-grade butane torch.
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New Member
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How can it not be an error if it only weighs 5 grams?
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New Member
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Please understand no disrespect intended. I'm a newbie and I'm just asking
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New Member
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Make a completely different sound when it hits the ground as well
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Moderator
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@wk, first welcome to CCF. Second, I'm glad that you are questioning why we think that your coin is damaged, as opposed to being a mint error, such as an off-metal strike. The weight is roughly in line for a quarter, considering that chunk out of the rim and too high to be a nickel. The bubbling that you see on George's neck and the eagle's wing is not from a previously struck coin, but rather the result of this coin being exposed to high heat. We sometimes call these "campfire coins".
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Definitely been exposed to heat, it caused bubbling and some weight loss. The separation of the layers caused the different sound as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Note the clad copper layer on the edge of the coin. Note there's a rim on your coin. If you're coin were on a nickel, then it would not be a clad coin, not expand a form a bubble from heat on the design would not fit on the smaller planchet. This is a damaged quarter.
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04/10/2021 08:38 am
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Moderator
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 to CCF  with the heat damage theory. |
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Valued Member
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Significant figures are important here. When you say "5 grams" as opposed to say, 5.0 grams, that implies a balance measuring only to the nearest gram. A clad quarter would be around 5.67 grams. If a balance only measures to the nearest gram, it may very well show "5 grams" for a coin weighing 5.49 grams, for example. And that weight is completely within reason considering minting tolerances and a little circulation wear.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Normal coin, heat damage. to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Spence nailed it. Consider it a learning experience.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Way to go Spence! Very nice explanation! Someone used a blowtorch of poor ole George!  |
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to the Community! |
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