Bicentennial Quarter With Harsh Edges

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JJS01 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/01/2016 12:37 am Please help me. I've been collecting coins for a long time and they all come and go, but this one is strange to me. I do not have a glass or jewlers ring so I apologize greatly for such awful photos. My iPhone only goes so far these days... Anyways, the surrounding edge of the quarter is surprisingly thick. Where other quarters are almost flush, you can very clearly see the jimping on the entire surrounding edge with some excepions. The left quarter is a normal bicentennial while the one on the right has the huge edge. Can someone please help me get to the bottom of this? It's my first time actually looking for errors on a coin. Report this Post to the Staff

NoPoMoCo Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 07/01/2016 08:26 am to the forum! We'll try to help. First tell us if there's anything different about the reeds on the edge. Report this Post to the Staff
JJS01 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/01/2016 11:05 am Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm excited to start here. But o your question, the edges, the marks, it looks pretty normal on the side, but looking at the thing face on, it's like it was struck too hard or something because there's this noticeable gap between the jimping on the sides and the actual face border. Report this Post to the Staff
JJS01 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/01/2016 11:07 am You have also taught me a new word! No more knife lingo on coins. Reeds from now on! Report this Post to the Staff
NoPoMoCo Valued Member United States 403 Posts	Posted 07/01/2016 10:15 pm You taught me a new word too... jimping. I like it. Anyway, I find it odd too, that the reeded edge (or jimping) is prominently visible from above almost 360 degrees around the rim. Can you accurately measure the diameter and thickness? It should be 24.3 mm and 1.7 mm. The planchet may have been struck with more pressure than normal, swelling the coin in the collar. There's always some variation in the minting process. Others more knowledgeable than me I hope can respond, but it's a busy weekend. Please be patient. Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 07/02/2016 12:54 pm To CCF The mint makes billions of coins each year, it is normal for some of them to be less than perfect. For the error to be more collectable ... More valuable... The error should be more major. For example Error is on the die Multiple struck Very off center or rotation Wrong planchets Wrong denomination If you are roll searching it is very common to find minor error. Report this Post to the Staff
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