1983 D Washington Quarter Denver Possible Error

First off, to an incredible place to learn much about coins such as yours! Now with ijn1944, and I can add that there is a term called paridolia which we humans see things that are not actually there, as in you seeing a 3 or a J, just circulation hits and dings.

Now there is a very cool but remote possibility of this being a genuine error called partial cladding, or missing clad layer, where during the manufacture of this quarter, some of the nickel failed to bond properly to the copper and peeled away. Reason I say that is because down by the motto the color break-off looks jagged and steps down into the darker portion of this coin.

This is likely not an error, I just gave a remote possibility here, but I side more with an old piece of tape or related sticky strip. Seeing the other side tells us more, in this particular case this quarter has seen some environmental damage of some sort to give it that coppery brown look .

I dont think tape could make the layers different over time. I think it was a different dye that was used or some error. Also between the R T Y it looks sort of cracked like it was damaged in the process of being minted. I dont think it was damaged though the metal is worn and the other type of metal dye isn't.

I literally just found it in my wallet. I got the lottery cards yesterday and it was in my change. I haven't tried to do anything to it. It just looks how it looks.

I really dont know a lot about coin errors. I collect mostly Mercury dimes, wheat pennies, etc. I have a 1944 Mercury dime thats FB a few nice coins. But this one is cool, I really hope its a genuine error coin. I just instantly thought it looked cool when it fell out of my change with the 1989 dime. Its 1983 Denver, and it looks like two different metals were used somehow or got mixed, but it doesn't look like any others I have seen or looked at online tonight.

The back looks like the normal side of the outer side of the front. There seems to be some chip/fragments or small cracks in the liberty part. Its weird that its perfectly square, but I dont know the minting process. Why would someone randomly stick a piece of tape over a quarter and then take it off years later? And then I randomly find it in change...that doesn't make any sense at all.

I dont know what else to do other than to authenticate it with PCGS. they could take a real look at it and find out.

This really really looks like part of the quarter was covered with tape, causing the uncovered potions to develop normal patina whereas the potion covered by the tape was protected. This is NOT a mint error as there is nothing in the minting process that uses tape or anything similar. It's NOT two different metals, it is just post mint damage, sorry.

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