Hello everyone! I am very new to coin collecting and coin talk, and I am still learning. The other day while I was at work (I work in retail) I found what looked like a quarter in one of the register drawers...but it was completely blank! I checked the edges and it has the copper ring, and there are no file marks on either side, so I know it hasn't been filed down, and the edges are very slightly raised(not quite to normal rim height though...). I know I need to weigh it, but I don't have a coin scale. I wonder what are the chances that it could be real , and what might it be worth?? This is my first error coin that I have found, aside from a very slightly misaligned cent, so I am really excited.:hatch:
I am very happy to know it seems authentic...and the pictures certainly seem to bring out the fact that it does have a little bit of an upset rim. I thought I could feel it but the picture definitely confirms it.
I have another question...would this kind of coin be more valuable if it would have had a reeded edge as well...or is it more valuable without?
This is virtually impossible since the reeded edge gets its reeded edge from the collar die. The metal flow is forced into the collar die by the tons of pressure from the hammer die.
Yes, it's the third die and (when a coin is struck properly) Yes, it's the third die and (when a coin is struck properly) the collar or reeding comes together when the anvil and hammer dies engage, and get this, in some denomenations if not all that is around 600 or 700 a minute with quad dies.
