Barber Quarter - what happened?

I got this barber quarter today at a flea market.

I guess I have two questions:

a. What happened to this thing? (Imagination welcome!)
and
b. This coin is in incredible shape - what would be its condition if it wasn't beat up? I weighed it and it comes in at almost exactly 6.25 grams. It's really shiny, so it might have been cleaned, but the detail is just amazing. I hope the details come out in the scan.

It's a shame this happened to such a nice coin.

 

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Pocket:
What a shame.
Looks like it was put into a vise.
And someone really hated the design.

 

some kid was very bored and ticked off at his mom lol

what a shame!!

 

Maybe it was damaged during slabbing operations at SGS... which knocked it down to PR69* DCAM

 

Looks like it was a AU ish coin before someone did something terrible to it. Lawn mower, hammer, etc. That thing definitely took a beating.

 

It looks like it was dipped. Maybe someone was experimenting on a damaged coin.

 

LOL!!!:mouth:

 

That is certainly a shame, as it was once a nice AU coin.

 

i too bought a barber for $2.50 melt value just for being damged. mine has very good detail, just damaged.

 

Heck,that coin is definitely munted.It is worth its value only as bullion.It was a very nice coin before someone took what looks like a pair of pliers or vicegrips to it.

Aidan.

 

I'd say it had been dropped into a piece of industrial machinery at one point and time.
Could have been in an old press or something ?
I doubt that whatever it was would have been on purpose.
If someone put it into a press for auto panels or something, it would look a lot worse.

 

Global Warming- You can't tell it's started to melt.

 

I believe a vise would be my guess. That is certainly a crying shame that someone would do that. But, I guess it could have been alot worse...he could have gotten ahold of the 1901-s quarter.

 

I wonder what a genuine 1901-S quarter in that kind of damaged condition would actually sell for?

 

Thats a good question.

 

My 1916D Merc is damaged, although not this badly. It appears to have been struck with something, so I imagine somebody found it metal detecting and hit it with the shovel while digging it up. It grades (by my inexpert opinion) about a G/VG. When I bought it I paid about 2/3 the asking price for an undamaged coin in that condition.

 

That was funny!