Guess the Major Error for this Quarter...

Beautiful example of this type of error; MS-65 in a PCGS slab

 

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nickel planchet ? off center...

 

I'm thinking wrong planchet, as well.

 

A partial collar.

 

There are reeds on that coin, but not all the way around.
Partial collar strike?

 

The deformed lettering should be suggestive?

 

Washington Quarter struck on Nickel planchet.

 

Partial Tilted Collar Strike

 

Off center, machine doubling, on the" reverse " side, on the bottom of the tail. On the "obverse" side half boarder line due from wrong planchet.

 

Forgot my phone is stupid. Looks like a double ear on the "obverse side"

 

My bad not machine doubling it's deterioration sorry I'm never perfect

 

But.. Machine Doubling and Die Deterioration Doubling are not errors so that is not the answer.

 

I did say sorry ,ummm how much does the coin weigh?. Anyone know?

 

I'm still thinking a doubled ear

 

Ok. Here ya go.....

 

I'm still amature always wrong. I do feel good saying wrong planchet..but still wrong

 

There is something different going on with that coin, How come the weight isn't on the slab? And, how did the details strike up as well as they did? Could this be on wrong stock?

 

Wouldn't pcgs have the weight on the table?. Just asking.

 

The nickel planchet is thicker than the quarter planchet. It's diameter is slightly smaller. It looks as if the planchet was nearest or in contact with the collar at the 11 o'clock position in relation to the obverse. As the dies came together to strike the planchet, the reeding was impressed on that edge as the metal was forced to displace up against the collar. The strong details on both the obverse and reverse are due to the thicker planchet. As the dies squeezed the planchet, the edge that was furthest from the collar never quite made it to the collar. That is why that edge is still flat. Although I am a bit surprised it didn't develop a bit of a curved edge from the upsetting of the planchet. The metal also was able to flow out causing the slight distortion to the design details, similar to what you see in a clipped planchet error.

I hope you error experts will correct me if I am wrong. I am making a totally educated guess on this.

 

No
Doubling of anything is still not an error..
Doubling issues are considered Varieties.