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1971 Quarter With Odd Looking Line Going Thru The Wing

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 Posted 03/07/2025  6:27 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add McLovin2Fresh to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Came across a good looking 71 quarter, it's got this odd line that goes down the back behind the letters and seems to continue all the way down thru the eagles wing. Anybody seen anything like this, or can tell me anything about it?


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 Posted 03/07/2025  6:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jfeed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If it's raised, it may be a die crack .
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 Posted 03/07/2025  7:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add McLovin2Fresh to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It doesn't seem to be dug in any from what I can tell.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  7:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add igwt79 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Part of it looks like a die clash to me...
http://www.maddieclashes.com/wp-con...40137814.jpg
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 Posted 03/07/2025  7:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add donnie59 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to the CCF. I'm leaning towards a Die Crack.
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Your first pic, coming from the rim and running down through UM of UNUM is a die crack, what is down in the wing area, as igwt79 has pointed out, is from a die clash. Two separate anomalies but possibly related, as die cracks are sometimes directly related to clashing that cause the die to weaken.


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Top is a die crack, middle is the clashed outline of Washington's hair.
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I agree with makecents.
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Interesting. Got it out of a roll I got from the bank today. It's in great shape to be from 71. Wonder what kind of value it may be worth?
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Wonder what kind of value it may be worth?
A couple of bucks at most, if you found the perfect buyer. Put it in a cardboard 2x2 and label it for a learning piece for yourself to refer to.
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Definitely appreciate the info!
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Maybe you should post full pics of both coin faces. On a good day, a decent die clash on a relatively big coin can fetch more than $2 on ebay.
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Aye, a die crack.
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Nice coin! A die crack up top and the rest is a clash. IMO they are much less common with Washingtons than Lincoln's. I have a small collection of them.
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