Error, 2019 Lowell America The Beautiful Quarter

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Kmrakid New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 5:54 pm Good afternoon. Back in January I purchased 2 new rolls of the 2019 Lowell quarters from the first case that our bank received. I opened both and found a anomaly on 9 coins in one roll, the second roll coins had no issues. The issue is in the bell tower on the left hand side of where the bell resides in the belfry. It looks like a glob of metal but it is on multiple coins. I have shown it to everyone from the "coin magazines and publications" but no one has a clue as to what it is. I have enclosed 4 photos, 2 showing what a normal belfry looks like and 2 of the "error". Just FYI, each error coin pictured is a different coin just as the normal coins are so you can see this is on more than 1 coin. Can anyone help as to what this is or what it may be? Thanks for any and all help you may provide. Enjoy your weekend. Report this Post to the Staff

GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 6:17 pm to ccf! Your quarter has a die chip which isn't uncommon at all Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHunter27 Pillar of the Community United States 5887 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 6:17 pm Looks to Be a die chip. -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34395 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 8:07 pm @Kmrakid, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes that is a die chip. When we see them in between the columns of the Lincoln Memorial on cents, we call give them the nick-name of a "hornet's nest". "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 Edited by Spence 03/22/2019 8:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Waynoah83 Pillar of the Community 586 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 03:27 am Agree with everyone above. Also, the reason it is on multiple coins is because the die that stamps the coin has a chip in it, a void is left when the chip falls out, and so when the coin is stamped metal flows into the void and takes the shape of whatever the piece was that fell out. The die images are a negative of the picture on that coin so when the metal fills in the negative space it creates a positive image, hence the reason the chip protrudes from the coin instead of being sunk in. Because the die stamps muliple coins rapidly it can take a while before the damged die is caght so there is an unknown number of coins that are produced with the die chip error. If you got that many in the same brand new roll it's because a bunch of the coins were made and stayed grouped together right through the rolling machine. Sorry a little long winded but but hopefully thorough enough to answer all your questions. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73706 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 08:41 am Die Chip. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Kmrakid New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 5:49 pm Thank you to everyone who helped with the issue, looks like it is just a die chip. Oh well, I have to remember they may not be worth much but not too many individuals have them, they are somewhat unique. Thanks again to all of you, I really appreciate it. Report this Post to the Staff
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