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Valued Member
United States
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Hey everyone, I am new to coin collecting and even more new to the forums. Anyways I am hooked and looking for some info. The first thing though is this coin I found  Anyways I was wondering what type of error this is and maybe even how much it could be worth. *** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it looks like PMD, the shadow pattern does not match with the die pattern Edited by Adam_E
01/19/2011 10:36 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think it is a shadow of the cowboy on the horse. I also think the design of this particular quarter was cheesy since it is only a silhouette and there is no real design to the rider or horse either.
Not a very difficult design to come up with in my opinion.
Hey wait a minute there .... I think it might just be a lamination error. A thin layer separated from the coin after being struck.
Edited by TNG
01/19/2011 10:39 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
277 Posts |
I am very new to this so PMD? I apologize for my lack of knowledge |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If Adam returned, he would tell you PMD is "Post mint damage". Something has happened to this coin after it was released for circulation and not an error. I am tending to disagree with my lamination guess. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it may or not be, I'm not sure.
but wheezy, look closer, see the top of the horses head, it ends abruptly at the end of the mane, on the horse, it does not, it goes with the rest of the horses neck.
Edited by Adam_E
01/19/2011 10:44 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Your coin has been struck through a light layer of grease. A heavier layer of grease will clog the die and a portion of the coin will not be fully struck. As an example, check out this coin from another recent post. It is fairly common and not worth a premium unless significant detail is missing on the coin. |
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 United States
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I think it looks cool, I would keep it in my collection.
John1 
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United States
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Exactly what Biokemist says (as usual). This is definitely NOT post mint damage, and it's definitely NOT a lamination of any kind. The surface changes you are seeing are very typical of Grease Filled Die strikes. The grease coats a part of the die and the resulting strike in that area is completely missing the flow lines that cause the normal cartwheel appearance. As a side note - I think this coin has the ugliest design ever issued by the US government. It is absolutely and completely lacking ANY artistic qualities. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The sad part about this is that this is the State icon they use on everything.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tells you something about the creativity of the people of WY.  Edited by Conder101
01/20/2011 1:28 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm from Wyoming and I cant tell you how incredibly humiliating and embarrassing this coin was when it was released. However that's not why I'm here, I have a Wyoming quarter with a similar defect that resembles the pattern of the horse. I will have a picture of the coin up as soon as my time lock is reset on my safe  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is my quarter. I was curious about the same thing, if this is PMD or some type of error. From the post the consensus seems to be PMD. But I'm curious to see what you think of my coin.     Edited by wbarkley
02/02/2016 10:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To me it looks like it was Struck Through Grease with grit. That changes the textures on the fields. It makes them a little "rough". Just grease diminishes or obliterates devices. The consensus is not PMD because struck throughs were done by the mint. |
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Car she's I too I'm pretty new at this but I definitely have the same coin with the same issue I think it's pretty cool
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It was Struck Through light Grease.
Errers and Varietys.
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