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New Member
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I found this quarter today and it appears to be a little bit bigger than a normal quarter ! I was fixing to play a quarter slide game so I tried to insert my quarter I pulled from my pocket in the coin slot and it wouldn't fit length wise so I pulled another quarter from my pocket and it worked I examined the quarter for any damage or imperfections to the rim which there are none seem to be a few .050 to .100 larger than other quarters can someone help with this thanks I will post pictures later Edited by a1big_trucken
07/05/2014 12:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 first we would need some pics. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pure guess === with out seeing a picture.
It is a broad strike.
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New Member
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I will post pictures when I get home later this evening I will measure with my calipers
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Valued Member
United States
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I've never heard of it, but weight it if you can... And measure the diameter with calipers.
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Interesting. It's a physical impossibility, of course, for the coin to be struck at a larger-than-normal diameter. The same collar which causes the reeding - which you've found to be OK - also precisely sizes the coin and prevents an oversize. So I'm pretty interested in seeing this one and trying to figure out how it came to be.  |
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New Member
United States
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The coin is a 1984 d   |
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New Member
United States
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1984 coin on the left missing the ridged or reeded edge so shouldn't it be smaller than normal not bigger  |
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Valued Member
United States
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It doesn't look like the coin ever had reeds to begin with...
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New Member
United States
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How is that even possible? it has some very faint reeds but they a very faint
Edited by a1big_trucken
07/05/2014 7:19 pm
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Valued Member
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Well, if it has some reeding and doesn't look broadstruck, I just don't know what would make it larger.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would say it's not a counterfeit because it is clad. I don't believe anyone but the mint has access to clad coin stock, nor could they afford to make it themselves.
Without reeding, it may be broadstruck, just not to the extent typically seen. How does the weight compare?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The diameter of a US Quarter is 24.26 mm. But many collectors forget there is a tolerance that goes with this size. I don't know the tolerance off hand but I would think both of the above quarters would be within tolerance. The cause of the smooth edge could be caused by either a broadstrike error or simply wear. If you can see faint reeding lines then I would think this is just a normal worn quarter.
Also if one of the mods would move this to the error section of the forum you might get more responses to it.
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Rest in Peace
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The weight is again within tolerance of the given weight of 5.67 grams.
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