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New Member
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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! ***I am new to everything about coins. I found this quarter in my purse today. The quarter is a 2017 Ellis Island quarter. It appears to have 2 additional D letters stamped upside down, in a row above the original mint mark.  
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Moderator
 United States
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@Whatsurprize, first welcome to CCF. Second, that is not a mint error, but rather the reeded rim of another coin (perhaps a quarter) struck the field just above the mintmark causing those digs. It looks kinda neat, but you can safely spend this coin if you want.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Valued Member
United States
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I think they are nicks...The pic is blurry but it looks like the D's in question are facing opposite unless it is D over S or something.. and I have seen similar nicks on other coins in various places...that seems like it hit in the D and bounced out. I call them jackhammer marks and they usually appear with three marks.
but I really don't know.. I'm learning myself... The mint mark does look odd in ways...try to get a clearer, closer pic of that area,different angles.. someone with more expertise will be more helpful
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I believe I see contact marks. Don't believe it was struck like that, but could've happened at the mint during bagging, palletizing and or transport within or even after leaving the mint. Thanks, Doug. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not an error, but just a contact Mark from the reeded edge from another Quarter (Post Mint Damage). Worth face value.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Reed damaged on the fields. A common thing on circulation coins. It is PSD. (Post-Strike-Damage) Why do I use that term instead of PMD? (Post-Mint-Damage) It didn't happen during the strike, but it could have dropped on another coin inside the mint. So PSD has it covered better. We can't prove it did/didn't happen at the mint. Edited by coop
05/06/2018 11:23 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you for all of your help. I'll keep searching through coins, reading and asking questions. I'm sure I'll get the hang of this soon. I'm a little excited!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Keep in there. Just a few things you need to learn yet. When there is a mark that is incuse in a coin (sunk into the fields or devices) then 95% of the time, it is just coin damage. So if you are looking for varieties, or something the die struck, then they would be raised, and not incuse into the surface of the coin. Think about this for a while. If you have any questions, ask rather than assume. You might as well know it, rather than guess. The rookie question you may ask, might be the same thing that someone else has assumed. Then when the answer comes back, not just you benefit, the other readers will learn the answer, or next time, they will be the one answering the question. I've been working with coins pretty steady for the last 20 years. Still learning something new. Sometimes you will use something you learn about another coin with a new issue that there is a question about. So keep asking. That way you can learn. I don't usually give yes or no answers. I want you to see, what I'm seeing. I have a lot of images and still making more daily not that I've go my old computer going again. Probably 95% of the time, I just pull up an image from my host. I have images of stuff that has never come up on the forum. If it does, I can use it then.
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Valued Member
United States
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never would have guessed they are Reed Marks..they are pretty heavy dings...good to find these things out |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Quote:never would have guessed they are Reed Marks..they are pretty heavy dings...good to find these things out Below is a US Mint Ballistic Bag of 50,000 quarters. 50,000 x 5.7 = 285,000 grams which equals 628 pounds. So some of them are taking a serious beating.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hey Bobby, thank you very much for sharing that picture of the bag! I wanted to see this picture. It's very interesting and educational.
Errers and Varietys.
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Forum Dad
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You got it Bobby!   Errers and Varietys.
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Posted 05/06/2018 9:34 pm
