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New Member
United States
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Hello I think I have a error quarter? Maybe?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi and  ... I think it is a quarter that saw a TON of time in a commercial clothes dryer? I could be wrong though so lets wait for others to chime in. Seems strange though with the disparity of each sides? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Possibly blow torched. I disagree with dryer because 1 side is mostly affected.
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New Member
 United States
3 Posts |
There is the same marks around the head of Washingtons head. There is no discoloration.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
No discoloration because any ash can easily be rubbed off. And the super intense heat also affected the obverse. And you can say bust instead of washingtons head. Just some coin talk.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Sorry but that's just post mint damage, probably due to exposure to intense heat. Keep hunting. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
PMD, looks like the clad quarter someone posted several days back and coop or SsDd said was eaten by acid.
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Moderator
 United States
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I think the heat was intentional, in order to get that counterstamp on the reverse. Perhaps they didn't want to destroy the obverse by hammering it, perhaps their stamp wasn't up to hammering. All the same, I lean towards thinking this one had more significance to the creator than a simple prank. That's the Zia sun symbol. Look at the New Mexico flag.
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Moderator
United States
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to CCF fellow Michigander. What you have is not an error but PMD=Post Mint Damage.Hope you stick around and enjoy our great site. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the heat was intentional, in order to get that counterstamp on the reverse. The Zia sun symbol isn't a counterstamp, it's actually part of the design for this particular State Quarter.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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My initial thought was bench grinder but the marks don't quite add up. Maybe it is some kind of Dryer Coin as Cascade suggests... the edge looks turned up like it's been rolling around for a while. But as everyone else has said, definitely PMD regardless of how it happened. Boy that AZ quarter sure looks good in the proof you posted, Rollsearcher37! Oh and , jmccans! |
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United States
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Quote:The Zia sun symbol isn't a counterstamp, it's actually part of the design for this particular State Quarter. It would be if it weren't incuse. It's only incuse on the actual coin in outline; what's incuse in this coin was field-level on the original. This was deliberate. |
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t would be if it weren't incuse. It's only incuse on the actual coin in outline; what's incuse in this coin was field-level on the original. This was deliberate. I see no additional alterations either,(besides what damaged the rest of the coin). Definitely not a counterstamp. |
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United States
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OK, so can we get off my unfortunate choice of one single word to decide what it is?
We can start with it's certainly a New Mexico Quarter. The proportions and position measure correctly. But somebody had to create that look to the sun glyph deliberately.
Unless, of course, on the real coin - I don't have one handy - the whole center of the glyph is incuse and it's just finished in two different styles at depth. If someone can inform me that's the case, we can probably conclude it was pretty thoroughly heated, maybe sitting on top of a pipe or something to explain the ring on the obverse. Can't be acid; the features would all remain, just lower on the coin.
There is entirely too much jumping to quick decisions around here. Some of you get that, and are looking at everything even if the cause seems obvious. Those of you doing that are getting credit for discoveries.
If it takes me being publicly wrong once a day to make you take fresh looks at every single coin posted, most especially the ones which are obvious to you, well, I'll be wrong.
There is a method to my wrongness. I'm making you think.
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Valued Member
United States
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It's definitely some type of PMD (Post Mint Damage) Edited by DaSlayer
04/17/2015 5:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12815 Posts |
@DaSlayer - THAT we all agree on.  @SsuperDdave - Looking at a NM quarter now under magnification... the glyph is indeed incuse. |
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