Alsaka State Quarter Waffle! A Couple Questions!

They are coins/planchets that were not acceptable. The mint cancels them so they can't be used in a machine. Then they are sent off to be melted. Somewhere along the way, these didn't get melted. The one I have has rust on the waffle and thus scrapped.

I've never seen one before. Could you post a photo? Please!!

Waffles are no longer considered coins - they are cancelled and have no face value. They are also not error coins, since the result you see was intended. Officially, they are scrap metal. The only thing that gives them any value is the curiosity they spark in collectors, and this is what you pay for when you buy them - not the value of the piece itself.

As to how they are made, have you ever look inside a paper shredder They had two rollers made up of heavy interlocking disks (with some teeth). Take those two rollers and beef them up to two or three feet in diameter and put a powerful motor on them to turn them. Now move the rollers apart until they are just a little less apart than the thickness of a coin. Start up the motor and get them turning. Start feeding in coins. Pass the syrup.

Same I think about them. I have no interest in collecting something that used to be a coin.