That's the story. I ran across this reedless coin in my pocket of all places and can't find anything at all about about it. I visited a local coin dealer (sorta) and he advised me it was worth every bit of .25c and maybe more...of course he was no help at all. Although I do not have a picture to share, just picture a standard 83 d circulated quarter of standard not very high quality detail but with an absolutely smooth edge...no reeding at all, and for the sake of this argument I have seriously inspected the coin and am convinced that it has not been tampered with, nothing shaved or smoothed after the fact. Anyone have any idea if this has any value beyond a third of a can of coke? Looking for any input from the experts around here. Thanks,Chip Oh one more thing, the seperate layers of cladding are clearly seen on the edge, there is very nice copper/nickel delineation visable. Further edit: OK I have done a little more searching here on the site and I have encountered a simiilar thread and the possible explanation that it might be a Vegas quarter that has taken the trip down the chute a few too many times, but on further and close scrutiny I do not think that my coin is of that ilk due to the very crisp sharp and flat edges...not rounded or smoothed over but true and flat and on one small area there is an ever so slight possibilty of a tiny suggestion of a weak, weak reeded indentation, but I cant stress enough just how small an area it is or how otherwise the edge of the coin is hyper flat and undamaged. So If I assume, for the sake of this conversation that I am having with myself here that the reedlessness is a product of a striking arror, what if any value does this coin have as a collectible?? Hopefully some one other than myself will now chime in and clear the mystery...Im talking to myself here...again. (Maybe reedless quarters aren't my biggest problem) Oh and on more other, other thing, Im new here, so Hiya!
Without a picture it will be hard for the pros here to help. But what you can do is measure the diameter of the coin and see if it is larger or smaller then the specified diameter of a quarter. If it is smaller, then it is possible someone did a first class job of removing the reed. If it is larger or exact then you might have a pretty neat error.
Oh Hi Walterallen...yup, Ive done all the comparisons,the diameter is dead on exact (to my eye) of that of a standard quarter.I'll attempt some photos but Im skeptical of my photo abilites especially trying to get a good clear close up, But I'll give it a shot...in the meantime I am of the opinion I have a genuine glitch coin. I'll provide evidence soon. Thanks alot for your comments!!
Sure sounds like an error. I'm not a collector of error coins but there are some real experts here that can validate your find and possibly give a idea of its value. Nice find!
Luna: I agree with your second edit. Most likely a Vegas quarter. Very common out there, or at any casino. The machines really wear out the reeding. Good luck.
Check the weight, should be 5.76 grams-diameter should be 24.3 mm. Sounds to me that somebody may have removed the reeds with something like a table sander or the like and then polished, beings that in your description that the edges are "very crisp sharp and flat edges" If the reeds were manually removed you may not be able to see one or two thousandth's difference in the dia.
If it is a quarter from the slot machines not only would it wear out the reeding but the surface of the coin would have a very large number of contact marks. Lou
If there were no collar when the coin was struck, it would expanded well beyond quarter size (broadstruck). And, to the best of my knowledge, the mint does not have any smooth collars for quarter sized coins. So, it was strcuk with a reeded edge originally, and then either manually flattened down, or by use in Vegas or in vending machines. Some reeding is shallow to start with, so Vegas does a job quickly with those.
If it is "Dead on exact" then the chances are about 99.9% that it is an altered coin. As Johndo says you would probably not be able to visually see a difference in size. You need a precision caliper. The correct diameter of a quarter is 24.26 mm and the height of the reeds is only about .005 mm.
I beleive it's an altered coin. I myself alter coins from time to time. For the longest time i used to carry around an 1981 quarter (my birthyear) which i shaved the rims down with a file so it would wear faster. Without rims the face and the edges of the coin wore out very quickly. It was always fun to pull out a very smooth coin and barely tell it was a modern quarter. I lost the coin unfortunately but i've since started another. I've never shaved the reed down, but i've pulled quarters out of circulation with no reed and that you can see the copper inside from the edge. They were always very worn though
Hello, I too have a few of these and at first agreed with other folks that the coins have seen a lot of machines. Taken into concideration that in 1982 & 1983 the mint did not make uncirculated mint sets because of poor qaulity control and are said to modern key dates. I looked at my such coins closer and found that they are not just missing reed but are mis allighned as well some with reed on top of rim face, some with cuds. I think these year quarters are very fune to collect cause you never know what a nice little find you have. Heres a picture of one of mine from scan, can't send picture of rim cause scanner don't do that.
PS on this coin. I have several BU 1983-P that are off centered and have no reed.. I have a couple that are not only off center 15-20% but are partial collar railroad rim (two distinct edges looks like railroad wheel where the reeding should be). I have many 1983-P/D that have errors in them and 1982-P/D (hard to find errors) also show no reeding. Is it worth more than a partial payment of a can of coke? I would hold on to any of these dates for there are lots of errors in this date some don't or have not been reconized of yet.
Start your own unique thread with pictures. This one you posted in is very old. Did you read it at all? Your quarter is most likely Post Strike Damage.. Not an error
The coin you show in this pic exibits a collar clash. Check out this link. http://www.error-ref.com/?s=Collar+clash
I just found a 1983 p yesterday. It has no reeds, was minted with all sorts of lines ,the p is shaped wrong, and the left side has no rim,w the I and n fused together. Top notch error.
Create a new thread with your Quarter in question.. Pictures a must! This is an old thread with some if the members who are no longer on CoinTalk.
