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New Member
United States
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so I want to know about this quarter I got I have looked through the history of past posts of any error to any coin like this and could not find nothing on it so I wanted to let everyone know I was not jumping the gun before looking for this error not just here but the whole web so I'm don't waist peoples time on a silly's newbies miss identification or lack of knowledge iv spent a week on this so please what is this error it is sunk in line all I know and looks no different in the sunk part than the rest of the coin and it goes through to other side  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 , glad you can ask us! This one to me is a head scratcher  To me, it looks like a possible strike-thru foreign object, or could be a bout of post mint damage, could go either way, would have to see what others say.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19147 Posts |
Could we see a pic of the reverse? Will help determine strike-through vs. post-strike damage. Thanks.
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
Please post full coin photo front and back. John1 |
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New Member
 United States
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well thank you for your thought I had started to believe I was just not understanding the terms in list of errors because there similar to what could have happened to this quarter but non like this bad where explained in types of errors so I still am confused if it helps I can take a pick of the back and a farther pic of whole quarter I just didn't want to waist the time if it was not something worth loading pics of ?
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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sorry it took so long I had to figure out how to post two picks on same post and how to resize the photos to fit on forum
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12819 Posts |
to CCF, beatrixie! It looks like someone pounded the business end of a flat-head screwdriver into George, which wouldbe post-mint damage (aka PMD or post-strike damage) and not an error. |
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Moderator
United States
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The mark on the reverse corresponds with the obverse so it is PMD. John1 |
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New Member
United States
7 Posts |
if that was the case what explains the cheek raised and bubbled up like if he was smiling ?
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New Member
United States
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New Member
United States
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tell me hoew metel rippled up right there and there in know shine in the ripple like any damaged metel whould show I think skrew driver would at least rip into the top coat of the coin and leav it shiny in every deep corner of the damage I could be wrong but its just a thought that I think when metel to metal in forced to geather I dont think any body could be that good in not damaging the top coat on the coin and makinf it smooth dull when pounded like that its not somthing that happens like that there in no shine to any part of this coins top layer
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Australia
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The coin is damaged post-mint, and not an error, sorry. WHenever you see a "Dent" in a coin, and a corresponding "lump" on the other side, it means that something has been pushed into the coin after it was already struck.
Damage like this can happen in two basic ways: quickly, or slowly. Quickly, by someone striking it (like with a hammer and chisel), or slowly, by placing it underneath something very heavy (like the leg of a table or other piece of furniture), and leaving it there for several decades.
There is no process in the Mint that can go wrong and create an "error coin" that looks like this.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If that was the case what explains the cheek raised and bubbled up like if he was smiling ? To me he looks like he's smirking on all of his quarters. The puffy cheeks look like his other quarters to me too. I also think he's been damaged by either a screwdriver or perhaps a small chisel. PMD |
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United States
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Please try to rotate your images you post so that they are upright, Also please crop them properly. This way you can present more coin and less background. I did this to your images:   |
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Moderator
United States
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I do however, agree that this is intentional damage. This big gouge on Washington's face has moved metal around to compensate for the 'canyon' created by a tool of some sort.
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Posted 01/22/2023 08:43 am
