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Hazken12 New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 2:56 pm is this damge or an error Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34398 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:16 pm @haz, I'm not 100% sure what you are talking about. It is always better to fully describe what you are seeing with the coin in hand. Some of the letters of UNITED look wider than the others—that is circulation flattening rather than a mint error. "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
Bumpkin Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:16 pm I'd have to say that 53 years out in circulation, by the looks of this Quarter, it has had a rough life. The reverse letter "fusing" appear to be the result of that area taking a hit which smashed the devices/metal together. Add in half a century later (or whenever the damage occurred) and the circulation wear smoothed down the metal where the hit occurred on the reverse letters. Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:18 pm perhaps the die chipped between the I and T, in which case it's a die event Report this Post to the Staff
Hazken12 New Member United States 17 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:19 pm thank you so much for looking at it I learn a lot today Report this Post to the Staff
Bumpkin Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:19 pm Quote: I'm not 100% sure what you are talking about. Hey Spence. I think he's referring the the top of the I and T in UNITED. They look to be one piece with no separation. At least that's what I'm assuming his question is relating to. However, yes........ questions poised need to be as specific as possible. Last time I tried, I still cannot read minds.... Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95618 Posts	Posted 04/29/2023 3:51 pm The letters 'appear' 'joined' due to circulation flattening. The more you hammer down of a piece of metal, the more wider and lower it will get. 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
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