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@lady, first welcome to CCF. Second, please feel free to ask questions. It is why we are here. The glossary and prior threads would be a great place to continue your learning journey.
With respect to these two coins, both have rim bruises (damage not mint errors). As you educate yourself about the minting process, you will learn that such things can not be physically made at the mint. The "smushed" metal is a good indicator of damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to the CCF This is the right Forum to learn. First of all, educate yourself on how coins are minted. It is only an error if it happens during the actual striking of the coin. Anything that happens after that is damage. Learn what an actual error is by going on websites such as error- ref.com There is a wealth of information in the left hand column. Use the search box at the top. Go through previous posts to see what questions others are asking. Remember, you will probably never learn everything but we do have experts in all fields who can answer your questions. Lastly, do not be afraid to ask any question you may have.
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Pillar of the Community
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Again here, and as to the first coin, I too lean towards post mint damage or what we call PMD for short. As to the quarter, I am leaning more to this being a small straight clip instead of damage where the unstruck planchets over-road the metal strip cutters to cut the blanks to be made into coins. I'm sure coop would have much more material about this  . |
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I'm with mrwhatisit, on this. the nickel is just damaged, but I think the quarter is a straight clip.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's the way I lean as well. to the CCF! |
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to CCF. The Nickel is definitely PMD. I'm not seeing any hint of Blakesley Effect on the Quarter so I'm leaning toward PMD there too.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by coop
12/05/2021 12:14 pm
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I agree with PMD on both. Seems I can still see the reeded edge on the flat part of the quarter. |
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coop, would you not see any form of distortion on the opposite rim of the Quarter if it was a mint error? If it was a clip, even though a very minor one, I would think you would still at least see something directly across the other side.
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Pillar of the Community
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Not all clips show the blakesley effect, and the clip might be small enough to show some reeding.
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Not all clips show the blakesley effect, and the clip might be small enough to show some reeding. Cujohn, yes, I agree. Now that I think about this I can understand that such a small clip possibly would not affect the opposite side at all (meaning the same side as the clip) of the coin. In addition, my first impression (with my less than spectacular vision) was that the position of the clip shown on the op's reverse picture was opposite the U in UNITED. I never mentioned this in either of my post, I only mentioned the rim, sorry. My alignment was not even close after putting a straight edge on the op's pic and I immediately realized the U is not even near the opposite side of the clip....lol. I would have thought there would be some evidence on the U of the B-Effect but now I see it doesn't line up with the U at all.... duh me....  . I stand corrected, my apologies. I need to get some better glasses....ha!
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Nothing new to add on the ruling here, but great pictures for a first post!
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to the Community!
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Posted 12/05/2021 07:24 am
