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New Member
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Edited by Jay2xo2xo
10/23/2025 04:43 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just seeing a badly damaged quarter here. It's not an error as it didn't happen during the minting process.
Errers and Varietys.
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New Member
United States
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The coin is split in 3 on one side and still joined on the other
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to the CCF, Jay2xo2xo. I agree with Errers - your coin is only damaged, not an error. Exposure to high temperature probably caused the cladding layers to separate. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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There is no evidence of tempature or high heat damage can you explain if you can see there is scruffing on the back of the coin perhaps leading to damage to lamination after being struck by plantchet
Edited by Jay2xo2xo
10/22/2025 11:28 pm
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Something has forced the coin's layers to split apart after the coin was struck. Exactly what that "Something" was is impossible to say, since we weren't there to watch it happen - I suspect heat, acid, or some combination of the two. But the fact that it happened long after the coin was struck is obvious. The coin has been clearly deformed post-striking, as evidenced by the mangling of the date and the fact that the coin is no longer round, despite being perfectly round when it was struck, since the milling on the edge shows no obvious break or discontinuity.
As such, it does not qualify as a "mint error".
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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Bedrock of the Community
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There is no evidence of tempature or high heat damage Did you weigh it because it could have been soaked in acid to separate the layers - the copper will start to dissolve faster than the cupro layers. |
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I will have to buy a scale
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Bedrock of the Community
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Where exactly is the separation located? On the 2 flat spots or where the quarter is still round?
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I thought you would never ask, the separation is on the opposite side to the damage side
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Bedrock of the Community
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I thought you would never ask Well just remember - the more information you give when first posting, the better we can formulate a hypothesis to help answer your questions faster. |
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More pics posted to give better idea of what happened here.
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United States
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to the CCF I agree this is a badly damaged quarter. It did not leave the mint like that. |
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to CCF. It is a badly abused quarter, also some heat was applied to the coin to clamshell the cladding off, Ther appears to be minor bubling and dents that we usually ssociate with heat damage. |
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Forum Dad
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This coin was in some type of acid at some point; even a soda drinker's car cup holder can eat away the copper like that. You can see plain as ay the copper edge of the "sandwich" is mostly eaten away. Once the copper is eaten away, it's very easy for the clad layers to pop off, especially with the hits that took. This is not an error. It cannot come from the mint like that.
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Posted 10/22/2025 11:10 pm
