Found this in a can of miscellaneous us and foreign coins somebody gave me. Any thoughts on why somebody would cut a quarter like this?
"Evil"? I'd rather see people relieve their boredom with a common coin than vandalize someone else's property, or injure living creatures.
I certainly wouldn't call anyone evil for cutting up a modern clad quarter. They were probably testing out a new set of cutters. You'll see many ads on TV showing a pair of shears cutting a coin (it's a familiar object, with an understandable thickness). They probably bought a set, and wanted to test the ads claim. Looks like they work.
Definitely not shears. The cut is too precise and doesn't show the right type of metal displacement on the cuts. This looks like it got caught in an industrial shredder. Possibly (or most likely even) an accident.
Or someone checking a mechanism, needing a test item, and turning to something non-critical that they already had on hand. Who here hasn't used a (common, circulating) coin as a makeshift screwdriver? I still have various electronic widgets with battery compartments that have a curve-bottomed slot, specifically designed to mate with a coin for opening.
I'm sticking with EVIL! @Jeffjay May I ask.. Did you ask the person who gave you the coins where they found it? Maybe that person has something to do with it?
It still has silver value. Someone was just trying out some tin snips or something. If it shows up on YT or Etsy for $10,000 rare mint error, then the ball goes over to the evil side. Right now, I think it's just an experiment, or testing some equipment to see what it will cut. Maybe it's the rare 64-D Type C reverse. That will teach them.
It is a disgrace! Do you really think one out of three quarters of a billion makes it okay to deface it? It's silver. It has value. I collect coins. I like coins. How would you feel if I defaced something that you enjoy?
Its one of those new experimental half waffler machine the mint is going to use on all left over 2019 'special' bullion coins