1985 p Washington quarter error. help

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Mary hall, Sep 29, 2014.

  1. Mary hall

    Mary hall New Member

    The letters on each side seem to have errors. Any help would be appreciated. . And if its a mint error could it be valuable?
     

    Attached Files:

  2. Avatar

    Guest User Guest



    to hide this ad.
  3. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    I would say post mint damage, i.e. someone beat this quarter up.
     
    Dougmeister likes this.
  4. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

  5. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Not a mint error. Just typical wear on a coin which was minted with very old dies.

    When dies get old, letters start doing all sorts of weird things.
    They spread out, they flatten out, they get ridges on them making them appear as if a skinney letter is stacked on top of a fat letter.

    Liken die wear to coin wear in that the more the coin gets handled, the more metal gets worn off of it. Likewise, the more a die is used, the more metal gets worn off of it. Some of these dies are used "hundreds of thousands" of times and they do wear out.

    Sharpe corners are no longer sharp. Flat fields, are no longer flat and instead take on erosion lines.

    Die Erosion 002.JPG
    Die Erosion 004.JPG

    Letters near the edges merge into the edges.

    Just plain old weird stuff.
     
    green18 likes this.
Draft saved Draft deleted

Share This Page