1983 Quarter Off Center Error Or Clever Fake?

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Mayflower2020 Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 12:20 pm Someone posted this on facebook on an antiques page asking about it's value. I am reposing their images here with their permission. The comments immediately started coming in saying that at last there was an actual error on the page but the more I looked at it, the more I wasn't quite sure. It looks well worn like it went through circulation for 35 years and was not pulled out by someone in the mid 80s noticing an error. It also looks like under "In God We Trust" that there was once an ridged edge there (but shouldn't be if this was a real off center coin). Unless that is also PMD that happens to look like the edge of the coin, where the edge of the coin should be, I think that this might be a fake (which could be why it turned up in spare change all these years later). Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74138 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 12:31 pm That's actually not a fake. It's a legitimate error coin with a lot of circulation wear. I'm thinking that it's an Off Center Strike. You could probably get 10 to 15 dollars for this. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Mayflower2020 Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 12:34 pm Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74138 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 12:37 pm You're welcome. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 2:08 pm That's a decent O/C. Pity it's in such crummy shape. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...H_Complete=1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 2:10 pm Still a nice thing to own! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/26/2018 2:55 pm Yes real error. The marks you are seeing by IGWT probably indicates that the obv die probably suffered a collar clash at one time. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 09/26/2018 8:59 pm Looks like the real McCoy! Report this Post to the Staff
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