Hello there, this is my first post into the forums. I came across this Washington quarter earlier and noticed the edge didnt have any reeding on it. I took some close up pictures and put them together with a video of the coin. Any opinion I can get would be great. [video=youtube;YJqtcT3yXN0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJqtcT3yXN0[/video]
There is no "reeding process" for quarters. The collar die imparts the reeding when the coin is struck. Your coin most likely had an acid bath. The acid would have dissolved the soft copper core along the edge leaving the harder cupro-nickel clad layers.
Are there no reeds at all or just worn? Could be a partial collar error but still not worth a bother due to its highly circulated condition.
Either: 1) A dryer coin, which wears off the reeding; or 2) old slot machine quarter, which also wore off the reeding. both PMD
The copper core being smaller in diameter than the nickel faces, indicate an acid bath. A dryer coin or slot machine coin would/could not appear like the OPs coin.
I agree with Rick & Hobo... and these "acid quarters" get discussed frequently on CT. Here's a similar thread from awhile back: http://www.cointalk.com/t203787/
