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New Member
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I found this quarter and noticed the indentions by the eagle head. Very noticable on the pics. I couldn't find anything on it so I was thinking it was damaged somehow but the indentions look very similar to the feathers on the eagle just flipped. I am new to the coin collecting and just learning so please be nice.  It may be nothing but it just seems or maybe hoping that it's something. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Staci  Edited by Sbreann
10/24/2012 01:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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im going with PMD. You can see where what ever damaged the coin also made a mark on the eagle. It could be from alot of things..coin sorter pushing the edge of a coin on the reverse face. Who knows. Just my opinion. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And I want to say that this damage happened while it was still in a bag on it's way from the Mint to a bank.
I count five indentations, four on the field and a fifth on the eagle's neck. The height of the neck prevented
a sixth from being made on the field.
What ever the cause, one coin's edge struck this quarter at an angle.
At least, that is how I see it happening.
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 to CCF. I am going to say it's post mint damage. My guess it's a hit from the reeded edge of another coin. John1  |
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for y'all's help! It does look like it could be from the ridges of another coin. I'm very new to all of this but very interested in learning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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im kind of interested on how this happend.I been finding those type's of damage every once in a while.I figured its PMD and get rid of them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I realize that these so called bag marks are just damage
but was curious so I tried out something.
On both clad and silver quarters.
Placed the coins down on a flat smooth steel anvil
then with a 16 oz. hammer whacked another quarter at a slight angle on the edge (to drive the reeding down into the other coin) I was surprised as it took a pretty hard whack to even make a mark then multiple whacks to get an impression like the ones that we see on a lot of these damaged coins. The silver coin impressed a little easier naturally being softer then the clad. So all in all it takes some force far greater
than just a bunch of coins rattling around in a bag to make these impressions. Clad or silver. I'm not going to go and figure it out but maybe someone can measure the average force of a hammer blow/blows that is exerted then a comparison to what would equal that. Say as an example, a bag of quarters dropped from a ten story building (strong bag:)down to a concrete pad or asphalt. By the way, if one of you out there decides to try this just be sure no heads
are below. Car's etc. are optional :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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looks like a reed hit to me where another coins edge has hit against this coin. That is what hits from a reeded edge looks like when it hits the face of another coin
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New Member
United States
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I don't knowing about the process but maybe the ones with this type of damage aren't completely cooled? Idk! It does seem hard to believe or understand that something like this could happen just from being in a bag of coins. But, I found several
others with this type of damage. Not to this magnitude but still found some. I may have to try out the ole hammer trick. ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know if quarters are shipped from the mint the same way as the new dollars. I was watching a video on the process from start to finish. They are put in large canvas bags that look to be about 3-4 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. I would be willing to bet the way several thousand pounds if not more. If one of them was dropped even a few inches you can imagine how much weight would be slaming into every coin in the bag. If I had to speculate.... thats what I think happened
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What ever made those marks, I doubt it was from another coin. It appears that what hit the coin was flat. Too much surface area to come from a rounded coin edge. Notice how the mark appears on the eagles neck too? I've made similar marks to a quarter and the force needed to make these indentations could never be reproduced with a coins reed-ed edge. Guess what I used to make my marks?  |
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Valued Member
United States
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 meat tenderizer? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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meat tenderizer?
 Though I did need a hammer to make the mark with the tool used. |
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New Member
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Wow! I love this forum! You guys are awesome!  |
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