Hi. Can Anyone Here Help Me Identify These Errors?

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Whyteknight New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:37 am Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:44 am no mint errors, just a damaged coin. Spendable. Report this Post to the Staff
Whyteknight New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:50 am Well actually it's on a nickel planchet. And the damage looks like die clashes or poss metal flow to being under weight? Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19155 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:53 am Yes, post strike damage--didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition. Not an error. In addition to other things, it appears intense heat may have been applied for a relatively short period of time. Perhaps intentionally by some one using a hobby-grade butane torch. Report this Post to the Staff
Whyteknight New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:56 am How can it not be an error if it only weighs 5 grams? Report this Post to the Staff
Whyteknight New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:57 am Please understand no disrespect intended. I'm a newbie and I'm just asking Report this Post to the Staff
Whyteknight New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 07:58 am Make a completely different sound when it hits the ground as well Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34409 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:02 am @wk, first welcome to CCF. Second, I'm glad that you are questioning why we think that your coin is damaged, as opposed to being a mint error, such as an off-metal strike. The weight is roughly in line for a quarter, considering that chunk out of the rim and too high to be a nickel. The bubbling that you see on George's neck and the eagle's wing is not from a previously struck coin, but rather the result of this coin being exposed to high heat. We sometimes call these "campfire coins". "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 Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:13 am Report this Post to the Staff
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:16 am Definitely been exposed to heat, it caused bubbling and some weight loss. The separation of the layers caused the different sound as well. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:20 am Note the clad copper layer on the edge of the coin. Note there's a rim on your coin. If you're coin were on a nickel, then it would not be a clad coin, not expand a form a bubble from heat on the design would not fit on the smaller planchet. This is a damaged quarter. Edited by coop 04/10/2021 08:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95981 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:40 am to CCF with the heat damage theory. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Numiscrat Valued Member United States 221 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 08:47 am Significant figures are important here. When you say "5 grams" as opposed to say, 5.0 grams, that implies a balance measuring only to the nearest gram. A clad quarter would be around 5.67 grams. If a balance only measures to the nearest gram, it may very well show "5 grams" for a coin weighing 5.49 grams, for example. And that weight is completely within reason considering minting tolerances and a little circulation wear. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 09:00 am Normal coin, heat damage. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 04/10/2021 11:49 am Spence nailed it. Consider it a learning experience. Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 04/11/2021 12:06 am Way to go Spence! Very nice explanation! Someone used a blowtorch of poor ole George! Report this Post to the Staff
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