2018 Atr Quarter Major Die Crack - Coin Community Forum

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kala-man New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 03:23 am Found this coin roll hunting but can't make out the "stain" around the crack. Is that normal? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 04:12 am to CCF. Not a die crack. Looks like it is from a welder, so PMD. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34450 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 07:38 am First welcome to CCF. Second, you are right to be suspicious @kala. I agree with @john1 that this doesn't appear to be a die crack, but rather something added to the coin after it left the mint. "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
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19265 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 07:50 am Very curious. The coin's metal--along the trace of the linear feature--appears to be discolored. Suggests evidence of high heat being locally applied--such a 'weld' action on the coin's surface. Also, die cracks typically don't have that 'wide fuzzy' characteristic that's showing perpendicular to the feature's trace. I'd keep it in a 2x2 for fun. Report this Post to the Staff
kala-man New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 5:52 pm I thought it was somehow melted too but I also weld on the side and if was somehow welded there should be an initial melt mark on either side which it doesn't have. I then thought it may have been arced electrically to cause the crack from the inside but again the rim of the quarter is intact with no signs of damage on either end. I tried viewing this so many different ways with my coin microscope and it appears as the surface cracked, material somehow oozed out but the shady grey stuff around it makes me question if it was done on purpose because I have never seen stuff this this anywhere before. Report this Post to the Staff
kala-man New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 5:54 pm Oh yes and Welcome! and thank you for accepting me. Forgot that part Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98753 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 8:50 pm to CCF! 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
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 04/25/2021 10:43 pm Looks like a laser cut. Post mint damage ( PMD). to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98753 Posts	Posted 04/26/2021 09:52 am I'm curious as to what the reverse looks like. 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
Oldfordman Pillar of the Community United States 2869 Posts	Posted 04/26/2021 10:19 am Not welder but solder most likely Report this Post to the Staff
kala-man New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 02:33 am Oldfordman I think you are correct as it is quite possibly solder of some sort. The damage to the surface was on only one side of the coin that is what really made me think it was a very odd crack. I was going to upload the obverse but when I looked again with my 10X loupe at an angle it better showed that the solder was sitting more on top of the metal. There was even some fine scratch marks that I could only pull with the 10X that looked like they buffed it with extra fine steel wool or something. Someone fooled me good on this one and I'm going to keep it as a reminder for me to follow up anything suspicious with a 10x. Thanks for the input gang! Report this Post to the Staff
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