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New Member
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Moderator
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@jyf, from what I can see, it looks like a foreign substance (possibly ink as you mention) has partially filled the incuse letter A.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Valued Member
United States
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If the shape of the "A" is distorted there could have been grease on the A on the die when the coin was made. If the A is properly shaped it is probably a carbon spot caused by some sort of environmental contamination.
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New Member
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But why is it only in the "A" and if you look closely, the triangular part of the "A", that center piece is still there. You would have to be a magician to put ink in just 1 letter without effecting the surrounding letters. If you personally look at this quarter in your hand and see how small that letter is, it just seems impossible. I do appreciate your thought on it. Thank you
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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I apolgize, I didn't mean to post it twice, I realized it was in the new members forum, so I posted it in the error coins forum. Then I received an email saying that my post was moved to another forum which apparently went to the error coins forum, I wasn't trying to double post it.
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Valued Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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No, defintely not carbon spots because the "A" is perfectly outlined and If it's grease, wouldn't the strike not show. I've emailed the experts at stacks bower for their opinion on this. I just wanted to see if I could get a realistic explanation for it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This isn't an error.
Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
United States
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I'd like to know your opinion then...what explanation do you have for your conclusion..so far I've seen ink, grease and carbon spots as potential reasons
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New Member
United States
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I've gone thru the links you suggested and it doesn't mention anything about what I see in front of me, no examples similar to it. I'm just speculating but perhaps this could be a NEW type of error. If you feel like this isn't an error, I would like to know what made you come to that conclusion. Can someone honestly say with so many people inspecting coins nowadays that they've seen this before. I don't mean to be disrespectful in any way but I'm sure you've gone thru thousands of State Quarters and is this common? Just give me your honest opinion and explanation. So far I haven't received one that I can accept. I appreciate all the replies so far and will appreciate more to come. I believe that individuals that reply have gone thru thousands of State Quarters and could share their experience and knowledge if they have seen something like this. This could be a great discussion. Thanks to all |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Carbon spots are seen on the copper placnets of cents. They are not a good thing. They can get worse with time.  They are a blight to a coin. |
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New Member
United States
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Definitely not a carbon spot, if you guys could see this thing for yourself, you would not believe it...just imagine the triangular part of the a, the inner part of it is still there, look at the pic people, obviously no one has seen this before because if that's the case, tell me about your experience, show a carbon spot picture example that was on a quarter, share the knowledge, you guys seem to be experienced coin collectors. I'm just a newbie, so I just want to gain some wisdom from experts who can give me that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok let's do this; you see the close up images above that coop posted, can you take one that close from the A and try avoiding the glare and control the white balance to give a more realistic view of the letter in question, that will help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess he missed my first sentence? We mention what we see. Sorry if we don't agree with your comments.
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