Hi all, I found this in pocket change. My initial reaction was... this is a dirty coin that had been soaked in some sort of solvent/chemical. After reading a bunch on CONECA, I thought there might be a remote chance that this quarter is legitimately lacking nickel. I looked at the rim and the vast majority looks copperish (the coin actually almost looks rusty). There is a waxy blotch on the back... I've resisted the temptation to clean off the wax. Thoughts? Thanks for entertaining my post!
I've found a couple of those while metal detecting, I'm pretty sure that they're just really dirty quarters that might have been in the ground for a few years.
It has either been lost in the dirt like someone mentioned or has been in a fire. this is how they look after having been rescued after being burned in the paper trash pile.
Oh no... don't spend it John. I throw all my damaged coins into a jar. If they could only talk and tell us what the heck happened to them. Here's one of my better examples:
I like that idea, I'm sure I have a jar laying around... I wish I would have saved that dime that had a crack going down the middle. I'm sure that was junk, right? :rollling: I'll also keep my "manger penny": I have no idea how this got here... but I've ruled out mint error as a possibility.
