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I found the below quarter some time ago and at first thought it had a rim Cud. After looking at it for some time I am rethinking that original assessment. Now I actually think that the original planchet was defective. I think that part of the top surface of the edge of the planchet was sheared off and then the quarter was struck. I think that what appears to be a Cud is just the excess metal being force up to make the rim and that there was just not enough metal to completely form the rim. What are your opinions?    |
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What are your opinions? Hmm, I've not seen this before so I'm just as interested in learning what happened as you are... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Rest in Peace
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I think your assessment is correct. What a wacky error. Ill be interested to know the name for such an oddity.
Fantastic find.
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Don't quote me on this, but I agree that it looks like a defective planchet. The fact that the copper has been brought up to the surface along the rim is convincing.
Assuming that's the case, how much underweight is it?
Edited by Numisma
04/22/2018 10:02 pm
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The coins weights 5.66 grams. I would not think that there is enough metal missing to throw off the weight by much. The original weight could have also been a little on the heavy side before the section was removed.
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Yeah, I suppose you're right. There probably isn't too much metal missing.
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Interesting. I would like to see what coop has to say about it.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Very nice find! I think it was struck on a Defective Planchet. I will contact Mike Diamond and get his opinion on it.
Errers and Varietys.
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Very nice error. Did you find it in change? It looks circulated.
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Bedrock of the Community
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To me it looks like die damage. If damage happens on the die, the raised areas on the die will show lower areas on the coin. So if the die was dropped, the outside edge of the die could be raised leaving the deepest recesses on the edge of the coin near the rim. If the die was smashed inwards, then the coins would show a raised area. I see evidence of both. The rim opposite this looks affected as being weak. So not seeing this before, I'm not sure yet. Probably gonna have to see if Mike Diamond has seen this before? But I'm leaning towards die damage or coin damage. Seems that if it is the only example, then it might be PSD. But if it were die damage, there'd be a lot of them. (Just thinking out loud) Message from Mike: Quote:
Hi Coop.
It's a damaged or defective planchet. I haven't seen this type of damage or defect before, but it is genuine.
Error-ref.com should be back up by the end of the day.
Mike
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04/23/2018 2:32 pm
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Thanks all. I see no way where this can be post strike damage. If it were a damaged die then there should be others out there. I still think that it is a one off with the planchet. Maybe Mike will chime in.
I found this coin in a bag of quarters from the bank.
Edited by still lookin
04/23/2018 3:23 pm
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Look to me to be the result of a previous collar clash or possibly a damaged collar affectint the die's edge.
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