I have had this quarter since 1999 I have never seen anything like it on any coin is this worth anything ?
It's caused by grease-and-debris-filled dies which fill many of the recesses and even covers some of the fields which causes the coin to appear weakly struck. It's only worth 25c. Chris
The value is in the find to the hunter these are cool I keep all kinds of things I find not for the money but because we weren't supposed to find em anyway.
Looks like a possible adjustment strike to me. With a grease filled die, you will most often time find it on just one die. Not to say that both can't be grease filled, but you just don't see them that often. An adjustment strike is how I've always heard the term, but basically there wasn't enough pressure applied during the striking process to cause the metal to raise up in the working dies. Another option to consider would be a thinner planchet. The OP would have to weigh the coin in hand to see if the weight is within tolerance. Both of these would cause a die strike weakness on both sides of the coin.
this coin looks about the same as the Connecticut quarter the guy on ebay has and he is asking 300,000 for it. these struck thru coins with this much detail missing is worth keeping but not nowhere near the ebay sellers price. I'm thinking about 10.00 would be a good price for it.
i haven't seen the 300,000 one I saw the 80,000 Connecticut quarter though. I think my other quarter on here missing the WE and UST in in god we trust is better than this one
I agree that it is possible for an adjustment strike to cause such weakness of the legend due to basining of the dies. "Basining" is a Mint process done to ensure that the proper contour, or radii, of a die is curved correctly to facilitate the proper flow of metal into all areas of the outer die." What led me to conclude that this particular coin was caused by a grease and debris filled die is the small marks that appear in random directions across the legend and fields of the coin. Obviously, debris would not adhere to grease in any ordered or directional fashion. While at first, they may appear to be normal circulation wear, I have seen such marks on Mint bags of quarters and halves that I have searched. And yes, I have come across an occasional coin with what appeared to be a weak strike and such marks on both sides. Perhaps I am wrong, but maybe it would help if we had clearer photos and not so much light washing out part of each side of the coin. Chris
I don't know how much it weighs and I tried to take better pics but I just couldn't get them to come out any better
there is a 2000 So Carolina die adjustment quarter on ebay and it looks like it has the same kind of marks on that one and its going for 299.00
Just because it's on Ebay doesn't mean it's what the seller says it is. Here's a good article on weak strikes- http://www.coinworld.com/articles/die-adjustment-strike-remains-a-persistent-pe
Yep that's a good article I'm by no means saying it is one with any kind of machine there are sometimes errors that can't be explained so who knows what kind of error it is but it not the correct end product for whatever reason. I am new to this and still learning but it is nice to find uncommon coins whatever the cause may be. I am still curious about the pennies that I posted the other day and I haven't got on replies on
A weak strike, thin planchet, or a die adjustment strike will show weakness in the high relief areas while the low relief areas will be strong. They will also show weak or no rims. A "greaser" has extra material between the dies and tend to have strong rims (The extra material in effect increases the pressure and allows the rims to fill better) while having weak or missing details, typically in the low relief areas. Light greasers a typically on just one side while heavy greasers are often seen on both sides.
