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  1. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I'm familiar with these 1926-D quarters with collar cud and die breaks, but what's that Miss Liberty seems to have tucked into her chain mail?

    It doesn't match up as a clash with the reverse die, and is definitely an integral part of the coin, as-struck.

    So, what do you think this is?


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    ToughCOINS, Aug 13, 2017
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  3. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    chest hair?
     
    derkerlegand, Aug 13, 2017
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  4. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Man, that'd be some kinda woman!
     
    ToughCOINS, Aug 13, 2017
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  5. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    My kinda tough Liberty woman!
     
    derkerlegand, Aug 13, 2017
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  6. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    Looks like it could be a strike through
     
    Oldhoopster, Aug 13, 2017
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  7. CoinBreaux

    CoinBreaux Well-Known Member

    It's a tattoo. She's getting ready for football season!
     
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  8. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    So we need to find out what others countries the Denver mint was minting for?
    Thinking the obv. Die clashed with a die of a foreign nation. Any clues?
     
    Paddy54, Aug 13, 2017
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  9. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    Good thought Paddy. We probably shouldn't overlook the minting of commemoratives of that period either.
     
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  10. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Here is my guess it's the Eagles legs off 1926 $10 gold piece
     
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  11. SorenCoins

    SorenCoins Well-Known Member

    Philippines issues. Maybe a clash too. Maybe a foreign clash.
     
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  12. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I checked out that possibility Paddy, and it doesn't look right to me.
     
    ToughCOINS, Aug 13, 2017
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  13. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Looks like a U from UNUM?
     
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  14. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I checked out the Phillipines coinage, and don't see what I'm looking for there.
     
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  15. jaceravone

    jaceravone Member

    There is a gentleman in CONECA that all he specializes in is error/variety Standing Liberty Quarters. You might want to reach out to CONECA and get his info and see what he has to say. Maybe a new variety! Nice.
     
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  16. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    From the edge design... found it. It's an off-center die clash. Like the Snow 1 variety of the 1880 Indian Cent. Now, I want some sort of discovery credit. :)
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  17. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I've looked at all US Classic commems between 1925 & 1928, (both silver and gold), and find no match there either.

    Foreign coins are my last best hope . . . Unfortunately, I know nothing about them.
     
    ToughCOINS, Aug 13, 2017
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  18. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    That pattern at the rim has the right look, but I'm unconvinced. That pattern exists only on the obverse side, and I can't see how it would produce the raised negative on the same side of the coin.

    I'll gladly consider any supportive theory you put forth.
     
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  19. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Hmm. But the negative "tear drops" seem the right size and to be moving on a curve, like the edge design. Perhaps a lamination flake deposited itself on that area of the die.
     
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  20. jaceravone

    jaceravone Member

    Not so convinced that it is a clash. A clash typically occurs on the raised fields of the die. This would be part on the incused design thus not be susceptible to die on die damage. Could it be due grease gunk debris that fell on to the die during striking or that broke away during striking. Similar to the WV state quarters on the reverse?
     
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  21. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    I assume you are referring to a strike through dropped letter.

    That would leave an impression into the surface of the coin, rather than a raised feature.
     
    ToughCOINS, Aug 13, 2017
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