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New Member
United States
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Found a OK State Quarter, no mint mark. Looks like a very very light "D" The second A in America is also light. I don't like the picture, any advice for better results? |
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New Member
 United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a beat up quarter to me
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Valued Member
United States
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Hard to tell with all that damage to the surface. How does the reverse look?
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Moderator
United States
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@kk, first welcome to CCF. Second, your pic is fine. It looks to me like a combination of some grease in the die preventing the mintmark (and the second A in AMERICA) from striking up fully. Add to that the surface abrasion and the letter P is almost completely gone. When I crop, enhance, and enlarge the area of interest, I think I see a remnant whisper of this letter.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The mintmark may have had a Struck Through Grease issue also along with the damage to the coin. Not it is not there. It was when it was struck. |
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New Member
United States
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Rev  Compare to another "beat up Quarter" - Point is, the shadow of the mint mark is not similar to the normal prominent mint mark even on a beat up clad quarter.  "In person," with the ability to angle the light differently, it looks like it is a light "D" mark. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's just Post Mint Wear, nothing special about it. Damage is all it is.
One quarter has lost its luster, the other hasn't.
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New Member
United States
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OK thanks everyone. I had just never seen such localized wear.
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Posted 02/04/2020 3:26 pm
