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Pillar of the Community
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Found this in some change from the store and was wondering what it is caused by. Is it an issue with one of the clad layers or is it just PMD. The coin is a 2017 P Effigy Mound ATB Quarter and Washington has a yellow-brownish discoloration. The quarters are obviously fairly new being just minted recently but his quarter seems to have been put into circulation fairly recently. It doesn't have any major dings or scratches and the reeded edge still has that frashly cut feeling. I looked up some info on clad issues but they mostly seemed to be about missing whole layers. I couldn't really find anything showing something like this. Would just like some education on what this is caused by so that I may know for future. As always thanks for the info.    |
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Formerly nancyc
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Possibly glue. A soak in Acetone will remove it if it is glue.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought it was something that was put on afterwards but I tried a little acetone in a towel and it didn't do anything. Under a lot more magnification it's actually the metal itself. There is no other substance on it.like I said it's just recently made it into circulation. I was wondering if some kind of chemical could have cause it. I've looked through a lot if the new quarters and haven't seen any cooling like that. I wonder if the metal composition could have been off a little on that layer
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 United States
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I was wondering if some kind of chemical could have cause it Yes, that sounds much more likely than the mint using strip with such a wide variety in the alloy over such a small part of the coin that seems to so closely follow George's portrait. As this is just damage, your coin is spendable. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's PMD. (Post Mint Damage) |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Looks like one of those highlight in gold jobs but badly done so it's flaking off. The layer is so thin you would need a high power microscope to see it.
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Pillar of the Community
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As always thanks for the info. Always learning something new
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Always learning something new Me too. By the way, I just noticed your avatar and remember the thread when you posted that "spike-head" that doesn't meet the official definition as it occurs on the rev. Pretty cool image for your to use! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Spence. Yeah, I want to get a little better pic of it to use. I've done a lot of looking online and ebay and have still yet to find one that goes into his head like that. There are some pretty big die breaks on that partucualar coin but I couldn't find one other example of that particular break. They're obviously out there but it's pretty cool having something that not a lot of people have or have even seen, even if it's a die crack. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Or yellow paint. PSD either way. If glue you might be able to remove it, but what for? It is spendable. |
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Like I said before, it is def something with that layer of metal. It def isn't glue but if someone tried to paint it, I guess possibly. I tried a little acetone though and it didn't make a diff. It def isn't paint or glue. Not saying it is even anything special but just something I hadn't seen before
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