Washington Quarter

I am still new to coin collecting. I found a quarter that is very faded on both sided but the edge is still reemed. I have see coins faded from wear, and the patterns are usually the same. This coin do not show signs of wear. On the obverse, the head of Washington is just an outline and the only letters slightly visible are I B and E. On the reverse, the eagle is in patches and the only words that are visible are United States and Quarter and they are faint. Does anyone have an idea if this is just wear or maybe a error coin?

 

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Can you post a picture? We can probably help, but we need to see the coin.

 

Could be a strike-through or a filled die...a picture might help. :thumb:

 

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Welcome to CT and I am looking forward to those pictures too.

 

Sorry for the bad Pics. I am working on getting better ones.

 

Wow, nice coin. It has full rims, so I don't think it was worn down that way. Maybe the dies were spaced to far apart?

 

I'm guessing a major grease struck thru error.

Others will comment soon though that know better.

 

Very impressive. I believe the question has already been answered. Clogged dies I would assume and those full rims say its not from wear...

 

Very interesting,welcome to CT.

 

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the hobby. I would also agree with the other members.

 

I suspect that there is something more going on with your coin than just "struck through grease". I see contact marks all over the obverse & reverse surfaces.

These contact marks are the type seen on raw planchets or they could be created on a coin by tumbling the coin after it was struck. There also appears to be some letters out of place on the reverse. Specifically, the letters that look like ST of states & AM of America look to be in the wrong locations with respect to the Eagle & the word UNITED.

I may be seeing things but I don't believe that this coin was just struck through grease (or any kind of mint debris).

A photo of the edge and additional photos of the obverse & reverse might tell us more. Welcome to the forum.

 

I was thinking either that or a capped die.

 

Like a die trial piece or if something got jammed in one of the other dies of a multi-die press? That might explain all the contact marks which remain on the coin. The contact marks would then be left-over from the original planchet.

MississippiDan said that the edge was "reemed". If there was metal flow out to the reeded edge, then that implies that there was some pressure exerted during the strike and the contact marks should have been obliterated. The contact marks sort-of look fresh in the photo.

 

Without seeing the edge & the more I look at the photos, the more I think it is a tumbled coin. I look forward to hearing from the other members in the Error Coin section that are more knowledgeable than me.

 

Here are a few more. I tried to get a shot of the side. I thank you all. You all have helped me out alot.

 

After looking at the new photo's I do believe that your exactly right...

 

What do you mean Tumbled coin?

 

I believe he's talking about a dryer coin...

 

Really?Your saying a dryer can do this,and not a mint error then?