Ok so my first question did not go over so well....here it goes again. I have four coins I would like more info about. I have much better pictures this time. They are 1 bicentenial quarter. At first I thought it was damaged somehow. But when you look at the date and the mint mark you notice discrepencies. The 1982 quarter is much smalller than a normal quarter and the third quarter and the dime is completley dark brown. Checked for paint, there is none. Can anyone help??
Sorry to say all are PMD Post Mint Danage the 1982 is smaller because it's been spun in a clothes dryer thus the rims are flat and coin is smaller .The 1976 qtr. has PMD and the dine and other qtr. toned or have been in some kind of chemical or subjected to heat.
I'm never going to be able to tell what is PMD and what is, say a strike through....*tries to remember every image she's seen, to be able to tell difference...head hurts*
It is best not to try and remember every image and the difference, but instead study the minting process and how coinage is made, either through Google search , or through printed material in a library or purchase. I like this one that is out of print and thus more expensive. But ask if your local libraries are part of the interlibrary loan system as they can borrow books for you, usually just for media mail rate. http://www.amazon.com/The-Error-Coi...89830&sr=8-2&keywords=error+coin+encyclopedia Once you understand how a normal coin is made, it is a lot easier to discern if a coin is a mint error, or post mint( strike) damage. Welcome to the Forum! Jim
tee-hee...thans desertgem! =) I will do that, I think that may help to learn the process better. I only hope I can understand it. I get a bit lost when trying to read about it...I will keep reading until it clicks! Also, Thanks for the welcome
1 mil copper plating over a zinc core. When the plating cracks or blisters and the core gets exposed, this is the end result. A few High School Science Experiments can even dissolve the core leaving only the onion skin thin copper plating. PMD all the way.
The second quarter looks like a dryer coin. I hold on to the ones that I find, not because they're worth anything, but they're kind of unique.
I'm not disagreeing with the others, but can we get a pic of the 1982 next to a normal quarter just for comparison's sake? Dryers can often leave a ring around a coin, but I've never seen them shrink one so much. The others are definitely normal.
In all likelihood, it is probably NOT a dryer coin. The edge is so uniform that it is more likely that it has been "spooned". Spooning coins has been around much longer than the modern clothes dryer. I keep trying to explain that to others, but they can't seem to accept anything told them by someone who was educated without the assistance of computers and the internet. Chris
i was gunna say that maybe the 1982 could have been struck on a nickel planchet, but since that sounds highly unlikely, probably what everyone else said... not positive though :scratch::scratch:
Getting desperate...keepinghope alive to find something. My kids think I'm crazy. Having a blast trying to find a good coin. Does this look like a double die on the e plurbus unum part??
