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Valued Member
United States
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This came out of a Coinstar yesterday with a number of other coins, (the most other interesting being a Susan B. Anthony). The eagle feels like a quarter. It doesn't sound like a quarter. I can catch my fingernail on that 'stripe'. The reeding at the end of the 'stripe' is affected by that stripe. Did this happen during minting? Did someone do this intentionally after minting? *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** Edited by GABatGH
01/02/2020 11:02 am
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
Not a minting error.PMD. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
It was deliberately ground down.
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Valued Member
 United States
165 Posts |
I wonder how... and why? The starburst pattern radiating from the center, and then that 'stripe', has really got me flummoxed.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21630 Posts |
Unless you were there at the time, it is hard to say exactly what
happened but the fact there is no rim proves it is not an error
and was done after the coin was minted.
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Valued Member
United States
165 Posts |
"the fact there is no rim" I do not follow this idea, especially since the coin *does* have a reeded rim.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
You can see the displaced metal on the edge of the coin showing on the reeds on the edge of the coin. The rim is that area between the edge of the die and the collar with the reed design in them. Between the two, they form the design with the die, the reeds and circular edge on the coin and what is left over forms the rim on the coin.  Edited by coop
01/02/2020 6:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19199 Posts |
Nice example of PMD! I'd toss it into a 2x2--but that's just me. |
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Valued Member
United States
165 Posts |
I cannot believe I've been calling the outside of a coin the "rim" all these years, when in fact it is the "edge". Moreso, I cannot believe nobody hasn't corrected me! So there's no doubt that this begun as a normally minted quarter? The more I fiddle with it, the odder it seems. It is not flat. It's concave on the eagle side, which is clearly visible when a straight edge(like a ruler) is held up against it. It was then I noticed that the edge isn't perpendicular to the face anymore.  Beside's the non-faced side being convex, there's a hump in it. The whole thing is just weird, and I know we'll never get the full story behind it. That's part of the fun :D |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1005 Posts |
If the damage has a possibility of having occurred after minting, then it cannot be considered a mint error. I can see how a normal coin could be damaged to end up looking like this, so it cannot be a minting error.
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Forum Dad
United States
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The more I fiddle with it, the odder it seems. Tell me how this happened....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
 definitely PMD. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not unusual at all. Someone had too much time on their hands and access to a grinder. The heat from grinding caused the cup shape of the coin.
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