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allsmilez632 New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 12:35 am I'm hoping someone can tell me if this is a mint or strike error on this 1998 P quarter. The 1 in 1998 is barely struck, as is the word "in" and "TR" in "In God We trust," Lastly, there is BARELY a P mint mark, but it is a ghost outline there. I took a photo of it on the laeft, with a normal 1998 P on the right. Can't find anything about this one anywhere. Thank you! Edited by allsmilez632 12/25/2018 12:39 am Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 12:36 am I don't see signs of wear, so I highly suspect a partial Grease Filled Die. Report this Post to the Staff
allsmilez632 New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 12:47 am I'm a super newbie at this. Is that good for me? lol. Does that make it rare? Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 12:58 am Not really rare. They have to coat the dies with grease at times during machine's operation. Sometimes extra grease fills the voids on the dies resulting in missing or partially missing letters. Here is an extreme example: http://goccf.com/t/335219 Report this Post to the Staff
allsmilez632 New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 01:12 am Thank You! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 01:59 am They to tell that it is a grease error is because the devices are wide and close to the fields. (shorter) The devices are normally tapered. So when grease gets into the die, the devices can form the tapered end. This can happen in several different ways. Any where from totally blocking the strike, to weakening it and leaving it wider or make the devices angle shaped. Two of those events happened on your coin. Report this Post to the Staff
allsmilez632 New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 03:31 am Is that what would cause this too? 1987 d quarter. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 09:09 am Keep looking! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 2:19 pm On that area is it affected by circulation damage, Die Deterioration, Machine Doubling and also a die chip. Just a common coin now. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 12/25/2018 3:34 pm Looks like Die Deterioration and Machine Doubling. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189222 Posts	Posted 12/26/2018 4:30 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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