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Bedrock of the Community
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I have been looking for this coin for quite a while. Glad I found it I am pretty sure it is one .... In 1970 Denver mint some quarter blanks were made, in error, using dime stock. The quarter has the thickness of dimes. This one on my scale weighs 4.3 grams    BU 1985 quarter, to show the weight difference  |
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Moderator
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I think a quarter on a dime planchet should have part of the design missing, since they are widely different in sizes.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not struck on a dime planchet, struck on dime metal stock with planchets punched to the appropriate quarter diameter. I would say your attribution is correct based on the profound strike weakness along with abundant luster  Where did you find it? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is not on a dime planchet. It was made on dime stock. The blanks were cut the correct quarter size. There is a note in the Red Book for this quarter |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Biokemist6 Sorry I did not see your reply. I guess I was typing the same time you were Quote:
Where did you find it? Met a guy in a local coin shop. The guy did not know what is was .. I was not sure .. is the first one I have seen. The shop did not want to buy it, so I gave the guy $2.00 for it .. taking a chance it was what I thought it might be. It is not a high priced coin, but I like odd ones like this. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Another thing I like about the coin, is that, some of the reading I do on coins
they talk about planchet lines. You can see them on coins that are not
fully struck. The planchet lines show very well on this coin. With a fully
struck coin, those lines would be pressed smooth. Pretty sure that is what
I am picking up on my reading
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Pillar of the Community
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Great observation and study GoldRush! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is not a high priced coin, but I like odd ones like this. I looked it up, and there are a few for 70-D. Not an expensive error--but interesting all the same! Edited by DVCollector
09/01/2011 9:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is this a common error? I suspect it's worth more than you think I have not read how many there might be. I have read they started finding them back in the 70's when they would be rejected in vending machines. I have not looked for them online/ebay, but I have been to a lot of coin shops and coin shows ... this is the first one I have seen. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Years ago I used to help a laundromat owner go through a lot of change at the end of each week. We would dump the change out (it was sorted) onto a large piece of thick glass and immediately be able to hear the silver coins loud and clear.
Then in 1970 we started occasionally hearing the "silver ring" but would find no silver coin. We finally, through trial and error, noticed these "thin quarters" as we called them. It was quite a few years afterwards that we finally saw any official info on these. I think I still have 6 or 7 of them.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's estimated that more than 100,000 of these were made but I've seen people throw them in the trash out of frustration of their not working in vending machines. There were also a few made in '71 in Denver and I've heard of '72's from that mint but haven't seen one. This has been a recurring problem for the mint with clad strip. The reason is not clear.
The reason for the '70-D is quite clear though. In those days the strip was fed through a slit in the wall to the blanking presses which cut the planchets and there was sometimes communication breakdown as to which stock was needed. If the blanking operator didn't notice the error the planchets would go to the press floor.
You can still find these in circulation because people forget why they pulled them out and respend them or accidently spend them. Almost all examples are AU because they don't circulate freely. BU examples are poorly struck and appear AU. Unc examples are not common probably because in 1970 they were more a nuisance than a curiousity.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks all for adding some good information. Maybe it will help others if they find a odd looking quarter
like this
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Nice find! |
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Posted 09/01/2011 7:45 pm
