It's damaged. Weight is within error limits. another answer, try this ==> https://www.pcgs.com/submissionform/usaform.pdf By rejecting the valid answers as invalid based on your expertise, then you have to send it to an "expert" for their authentication. It may cost you some money though ... The minting process has nothing that can accomodate this. But by various shades of metal coloration variation, it's obvious the sanding occurred somewhat recently.
The simple on bottom of eagle isn't a simple it's the space between u can see there are other identical marks right beside it and after looking at the reg quarter the "dimple" is where it should be
What was the weight of the coin before it was abraided??? Nobody knows. The minting process allows a weight tolerance. Was your quarter heavy, light or nominal when it left the mint? How much material has been removed? Remember the sanding just hit the high points and reeding. Is that 1% of the volume? 0.1%? Less? 0.1% = 0.00567 grams on a quarter of nominal weight. That's the rounding on your balance. Once again, come up with a plausible idea on how this could have been made at the mint. The more you research it, the more you'll understand that it can't occur Does this answer your question in post #20?
Do you really think the Mint minted a coin with all those scratches on the reverse. It probably weighed more before it was intentionally damaged after leaving the Mint.
(1) take a regular, non-damaged Almost Uncirculated pre-1998 quarter; (2) Weigh it to the thousandths of a gram (or more) - you'll need a better scale with more decimal places accuracy. (3) Then it's easy to duplicate the damage, so duplicate it. (4) Then weigh it afterwards. That will give you your answer in more ways than one.
The 5.67gram weight is the common weight. The official U.S. Code weight is 5.67 +/- .227 grams , which most publications leave off. So a quarter can weigh from 5.443 grams to 5.897 grams. You only know now the weight of the coin, not the weight it was before some one ground it down. So you do not have any idea what the weight was when it left the mint, nor if it was out of tolerance. Sorry but it is damage and of no extra value, IMO. Jim
Again I'm going to ask the same question explain the edge? It's perfectly smooth I agree the eagle looks machined but under 10x mag the edges show no sign of anything at all being used on it I know they're errors with smooth edges and possible someone took one of those errors and machined the eagle but u guys can't see everything I'm seeing from the pic there's also a copper tone to the coin I've tried getting it to show in pic but phone just doesn't take good enough pics so let's just say hypothetically if it is an error what would cause the smooth edge and copper tone forget bout the smoothed eagle for a second. What causes a coin to be copper tone and look like the coin is only two layers Wich by the way if u look at the edge u can see it looks like only two layers and other quarters look like three with the copper later being the middle
OK, lets look at the edge, which by the way, I see copper in the middle, but I see 2 silver colored layer, one each side of the copper. It does not look smooth to me, I see marks, but also what I see is that the edge is too flat. Only with proof coins do you see right angle edges as seen there,,and it is not a proof coin. Copper color can be from chemical reaction ( toning ) and not unusual, but again none of this occurs in the minting process so that is why most say it is damaged. People who are answering you are trying their best to help, so respect to their answers should be shown. Some who ask just want reaffirmation of their hopes, so we ask similar respect also. Thanks Jim
Read post #19 again. You should be asking "How could a coin without reeding be made by the mint"? instead of "What could have caused this damage"? Do you know how reeding gets onto a coin? Can you explain how a coin could be minted without reeding and still have full rims and have the proper diameter? I know how reeding can be removed. A lathe, sanding, polishing or other abrasive processes. Sorry Jason, but you just don't get it. You're on my "Do not respond" list. Best of luck and I hope other CT members will have a little more patience with you. I'm done trying to help
i was wondering if someone could go over to my thread in error coins and give me some guidance with what i think is a special 1960 d cent. the post is under 1960 d need help please!
@Jason yarber What you have is an incredibly rare smoothe quarter mint error. One of one. No one knows exactly how it was made, it just came into being to confound and enthrall all of us. Worth north of a bijillionty dollars. Happy?
No but if u see three layers u need to look again there are only two here's another pic it clearly shows only two layers
Where do u only see two layers and no I'm not sure how the reeding gets done but I have looked it is a known error on some coins to have smooth edges am I wrong? ? Not trying to be argumentative I agreed that the eagle looks machined or something ok fine but the edges are smooth and only two layers
In your initial edge pic it looks to have the typical clad. Where did you find there are errors that have smooth edges on quarters?
The only way a quarter can be struck without the reeding is if it was struck without a collar. In this case the edge would not be squared off, it would be rounded. A coin struck without a collar would also be slightly larger in diameter than a normal coin, if the reeding had been removed it would be slightly smaller. How does yours compare with a normal quarter in size?
take a class in metal working, and working with lathes. Or ask someone you know .. THEN you will understand why the edge is smooth. I have 2 lathes myself. Your "error" is easy to duplicate even with a super smooth mirror-polished edge. but then .. you can always do this to find out for sure ==> https://www.pcgs.com/submissionform/usaform.pdf
