Got 3 State Quarters That I Want Some Input On

I am very new to posting on this site but have been collecting for several years.. I will give you something to read while you wait for the experts to chime in..It looks like the Utah quarter has a die break resulting in extra metal being retained where design features should be.. I believe that they call that extra metal a " Cud" .. the quarter at the bottom looks to me like a strike through perhaps..something got in the way during the minting process preventing a full imprint of Washington's head.. the Virginia quarter if you are referring to the sail on the largest ship, it looks to me like just coin damage..like I said I am very much a novice to this..however one piece of advice that I learned the hard way.. searching pocket change can be very successful depending on luck.. one way to increase chances of finding an error coin that will also be valuable is to find the ways to obtain uncirculated coins that do not cost any additional money.. for instance I know that some of the bank branches where I live receive and give out to the public the new National Park quarters as they are released by the mint.. They do not charge extra for these and they are in beautiful brand new mint condition BU (brilliant uncirculated) in addition to the possibility of finding error coins that are in beautiful condition, if you can hold on to these coins as they will gain value just being uncirculated. I know America First Credit Union does get and hand out these rolls of quarters..not sure if you have one of these banks near you but I doubt they are the only bank that does it. Just a heads up the next quarter to be released will be Ozark National Scenic Riverways on June 5th.. so I would check with your local banks to see if they will be getting them in...I wish you the best of luck and welcome to the obsession :)

I can tell you this I have received 2 silver dimes and 1 silver quarter from the soda machines at work..so trust me I am all for checking vending machine coins..I found 3 errors in change I got from Walmart last week..they can appear anywhere..the only reason I suggested the new coin rolls from the bank is because any error you do find will increase in value because of the coins condition.. with the exception of the most outstanding errors such as the 1955, 1969 S, 1970 S, 1972, 1983 etc.. coin condition will play a major player in the value of whatever you find.. don't get me wrong..condition will affect the value of the "Big Ones" but when your starting value for the error itself is incredibly high it hurts less when condition factors in..As far as your new photos go..im pretty certain that is just coin damage.. either from a rolling machine, a vending machine or coin on coin damage..If it appears that a design element of the coin, such as the "A" in crossroads has been "moved" or scrapped out of position it is most likely done after the minting process..These honestly look like something has gouged into these coins damaging them..

One more thing.. the best investment I ever made was the " Cherry Pickers Guide Books." Not that I will find any of the errors listed in them, but they are very good at illustrating what an error coin will look like. Obviously errors will not all be the same but there are tons upon tons of pictures that will help you understand what to look for. In addition there is a section in the book that will show you the difference between a true error like a doubled die versus Machine Doubling which is very common in coin minting and is probably the most mistaken worthless non-error there is. Personally what I do is sort my pocket change by denomination and then by dates. Then I can use the Cherry Pickers Guide to familiarize myself with what errors have ALREADY been found for those particular years. Its easier to know if an error is an error if it has already been discovered and you have photos of it. It then becomes fairly easy to reference your find against the photos. I find this particularly useful for RPMs (repunched mint mark.) Some of these coins have an unbelievable number of different repunched mint marks and without photos it can be impossible to figure out what you have.

**I think that is a thread/fibre crossing the rim of the Utah quarter. I can see daylight under it. Just coincidental that it does lead to the die break..LOL
**Uplinger.. on the Virgina quarter.. what is it that you are seeing that you believe is an error? The indention looking marks on the sail or the appearance of doubling along the edge of the sail?

This is an area that I am interested in seeing a closeup of. Can you get a close-up please

Awesome.. pretty cool.. I was wrong.. that is definitely not a fiber across the rim..