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New Member
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Edited by eric00876
03/25/2023 8:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks like it was smashed with a hammer you can even see the round circles of the hammer head. It's not even worth a quarter anymore.
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Moderator
United States
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@eric, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes this quarter has been mechanically damaged, perhaps somewhat in the same way that Texas Cents are created. None of this is a mint error.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 to the CCF You might never find out exactly what happened to it but you can be sure that it didn't look like that when it left the mint. Just a damaged coin that you couldn't get a quarter for now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are some rare 'mules' which is the combination of two dies which were never intended to be paired together. For example, a 2000-P Washington quarter obverse struck with a reverse of a Sacagawea dollar. https://www.PCGS.com/top100/coin6 And there are coins struck on the wrong planchet for another coin or a foreign coin sometimes for future knowledge. But in most cases like this one it appears someone beat that quarter causing the increase in size rather than being minted on a dollar planchet so  . Edited by datadragon
03/25/2023 9:26 pm
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New Member
United States
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My issue is wouldn't it be impossible to flatten a quarter into a 1$ bill without completely destroying it beyond the picture? I really thought maybe it was a rare mint error cause it's a 2020 quarter
Edited by eric00876
03/25/2023 9:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Just weigh it, that should give you your answer
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Pillar of the Community
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My issue is wouldn't it be impossible to flatten a quarter into a 1$ bill without completely destroying it beyond the picture? I really thought maybe it was a rare mint error cause it's a 2020 quarter I am not being mean or negative when I say I can tell from this statement that you are unfamiliar with how coins are actually made or you would know nothing in the minting process can possibly make a coin look like this. Please remember the people here know how the coin minting process works. Anyone familiar with process will easily recognize your coin as being nothing but post mint damage. A person trying to find actual error coins without knowing how coins are made is like someone trying to figure out which part of their car's engine is broken without having any knowledge of how a car engine works. Unlike many youtube and ebay videos today that make people think they can jump right in, easily find a rare coin with little trouble, and sell it for a fortune. Anyone with years in the hobby with years of experience looking for coins will tell you that is not the case at all. It takes knowledge to know what kind of errors are possible in the minting process and what is not. The best thing you can do for yourself is first learn HOW coins are made. The look up how DIES are made,. The time spent doing this will more than pay for itself. Instead of spending time after time of finding nothing and hoping it is something valuable, you will be able to tell what is actually collectable and what is not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I understand you're new but did you actually think this was an error and came out of the Mint this way?
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This quarter was hammered out quite well. Sorry, but you can see all the arcs of where the hammer hit it.
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Valued Member
United States
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It is also not a good idea to keep coins in vinyl 2x2's, the one in the picture looks to be vinyl. You can tell by how flexible it is, Mylar is not very flexible while vinyl is quite supple. I could probably make a quarter into a much larger size round( gold quarter dollar leaf anyone?)  ok, not that thin but I could probably get it pretty thin.  Naughty Khromtau for thinking about destroying money! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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to the CCF!
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Moderator
United States
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It's been smushed, mooshed, mashed, flattened, hammered, bashed, etc.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The fact that it was struck in - collar tells you that it could not have been oversized when struck.
It had to happen after it left the mint.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree with the post-strike damage assessment. Would be good to discover the damaged coin's accurate weight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF and with Earle42, he hit out of the park.
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Posted 03/25/2023 9:11 pm
