1978 quarter delaminating

sorry for not being more correct. "mint fill" was short or what i meant to say was The mint mark was filled in. seems to be kinda commmon for The P's and D's. But i don't know for sure. just a starter. in the field. and I think you are correct. about...... the die cut out terms/properwording

 

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Lol Yep old animal skins... Those coins are very rare.

 

Its all cool. This is a good place to learn (really). People are just trying to help.

Whenever you see something on a coin that should be recessed, but is "filled" instead, it is usually caused by a chip in the die, so it is usually referred to a die crack and not a filled something or other.

 

Ok ty Very much lonegunlawyer. You I am kinda gun shy on all the lingo/ terms. But I just kinda thought all you experts would be able to fill in the blanks. lol. All the same. I always welcome education of all sorts. No worries all good. Again Ty for your time.

 

sorry If I offered You Hobo. ...for my ignorance ... no I do not have a formal education in coin collecting. I was thinking I could get some from this forum.

 

Anytime. Don't hesitate to post or ask questions. Almost all of us can learn a thing or two or more.

 

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May be best to start a new thread, but this "ring" on the bicentennial quarter is damage from a coin counter.​

Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t215980/#ixzz29nySmQY4

 

Super Micro Mint mark.

 

To elaborate on a previous post, this was damaged by the machines that wrap coins in rolls. When they crimp the ends, it often puts a ring around the inside of the crimp. Keep an eye out, or look at new bank-wrapped rolls, and you'll see these marks are fairly common.

EDIT: And with your mintmarks, you'll see different styles depending on the year, and occasionally multiple styles within a year. These are called varieties, and are caused by grabbing different dies, or die deterioration, or punching the mintmark into the die goofy, whatever. You can look the biggest ones up in the red book, and they're often called Type 1/Type 2, or clear S/Filled S, or stuff like that.

 

Ok wow. Thank you Lon. alot of good info. so maybe time for me to purchase a red book? barns and Noble ?

 

Yes, you should get a red book. They're cheap. Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, wherever. Older editions are even cheaper. But getting some edition of the red book is key to collecting coins.