2000 P south carolina state quarter off center with a question

would an off center coin with a reeded edge still have the edge when it is off center? or is the fact that this coin is missing its edge a 2nd issue with it? I did a 3 point spin when photographing the edge ty

 

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not sure. how far off center is this quarter 10-15% ? cool find.

 

Good question!

I never gave it much thought, but let's suppose that the planchet was off-center because the reeded collar failed to position itself properly. Obviously, where the strike missed the planchet, the collar could not be in place, but on the far side, it could have made slight contact with the planchet. Looking closely, I think I can see very, very faint lines of the reeding. I'm not 100% positive, but it looks that way.

It would help if others who have O/C strikes could post photos of the edge so we could compare them.

Again, great question!

Chris

 

The reeding has worn off while in circulation. The planchet was in the collar when your coin was struck, but the die was slightly out of true when it struck your coin. Nice mis-aligned strike, but not out of collar.

 

I can't believe this coin has seen enough circulation to wear off the reading. I think it is just a slight off center (5/10%), obviously out of collar. A nice circulation find, in any case.

 

If it was struck outside of the collar, it would have a much larger diameter, and be much thinner, than a normal quarter.

 

I totally agree with old error guy that this coin was struck outside of the collar. about all off centers are struck outside of the collar , this is how the planchet get's out of align in the first place.a quarter that is struck in the collar will have a reeded edge because the collar die is reeded and puts the reeding on the coins.

 

But if the coin has the same dimensions as a normal quarter?
If struck out of the collar, with the pressure exerted during striking, the the coin would have spread beyond the standard diameter making it thinner and wider. We have yet to see the OPs coin in a photo comparing it to a normal quarter. The photos provided by the OP show a normal size coin.

 

This is an uncentered broadstrike. The absence of reeding is a natural consequence of such an error.

 

Mike, please educate us here. If I may borrow from http://www.error-ref.com

When a planchet is poorly centered and then struck out of collar, it ends up as either an off-center strike or an uncentered broadstrike. To qualify as an uncentered broadstrike, the design must be fully present on both faces. If the design is cut off at the edge on one or both faces, it is an off-center strike.

I had considered "uncentered broadstrike", but in my mind some of the "design" was cut off here. I guess I don't fully understand the use of the word in this context.

As always, thanks for your input.

 

Just look at the pictures. None of the design is missing or "falling off the edge". The closest is the IN of CAROLINA but all of the letters are still there. None of the letters not even the tops, are missing.

 

Old Error Guy Mike's opinion was the same as your's and mine , he just worded it different. We both said it was struck outside of the collar and this clearly is what a broadstrike is.Mike said uncentered and we said off center , this is just two ways of saying it.

 

ty chris I appreciate that. I had found this off center, railroad rim, partial collar? if that's not accurate please let me know. I didn't know if the fact that it had half the reeded edge there if that was the mistake on the edge or the part that was missing was the mistake as it is my only find like this

 

ty everyone for your responses

 

Bryan, that looks like a tilted partial collar.

 

so THAT's what it's called. ok ty conder

 

I just found one but can't figure out how to post a picture ?