Questions About Planchet/Clad Errors In State Quarters.

People are going to come along and ask for pics, since we really can't make judgements about your specific coins without specific pics. But, we can give some generalizations.


"Discoloration" is, almost always, environmental damage, rather than some kind of mint error. The coin got buried, or left in a chlorinated pool or fountain.


See above.


We really need to see this one to make a call, but in general, yes, it's possible for pieces of lettering to be missing from a coin. This might be post-mint damage (something hit the coin, scraping a piece of the letter away), or it might be a "grease-filled die". Chances are it's "just PMD", but without a pic we can't say; grease-filled dies are common enough for people to find at random. Unless the "missing letters" are particualrly unfortunate or amusing (like the "In God We Rust" coins), they don't attract much if any premium.

@matt, first welcome to CCF. Second, best practice is to start a new thread for each new coin but don't stress about this first thread. Please just keep it in mind moving forward.

With regard to weak details, there are a variety of potential reasons for this including being struck through a little grease and circulation flattening.