I found a 2005 state quarter “California” and was wondering how I could look up to see if they have found any that are like the Kansas state quarter “in god we rust”
They had some minting issues when making some of the state quarters, and the one you have is one of them . The letter T never formed properly , this may have been caused by a few different reasons . there seems to be a fair amount with the T missing or barely noticeable. A neat coin to hang on to and most likely carries a premium above 25 cents. Welcome to Coin Talk. Dillan
I have seen it a lot here in CT and offline. The Die deterioration on the new quarters are just terrible. Most of them will not last for a very long time. I have seen other new quarters are not even visible at all on one side too and some get easily corroded.
I appreciate the help I was just curious as it looks very similar to the Kansas and it was made in the same year so I didn’t want to just through it to the side.
I also noticed that some state or ATB quarters are not consistent with their thickness. This can attribute to their durability, resistivity, selective and pitting corrosion. The decrease in iron contents on the State and ATB quarters reduces the resistance to deposit corrosion. The metal composition allowed design characteristics with fine patters and sharp edges but at the same time attributed to the die deterioration of these newer coins.
Perhaps better (clearer) photos would make a difference, but I'm not seeing anything that suggests this to be the result of damage. A missing letter/digit isn't an uncommon thing and is often attributed to a filled die.
Looks like a faint "T" to me which is more likely from a grease filled die. I'm not seeing any signs of damage.
Damage can be cause of rubbing, dings and bangs from other coins and due to the fine characteristic of the design including sharp edges can cause die deterioration. The metal composition calls for a 75/25 and as every design calls for more detail sharp edges it limits the composition of Nickel alloy which weakens the application. This is true on all parts and material components that we evaluate based on their metal composition. For this coinage application it truly shows it's a decreased in corrosion, wear resistance and that includes die deterioration.
Also the same approach of evaluation that I would use as I used to worked in the Oil and Gas industry that utilized parts with that metal composition with varying applications.
Did you even try to make clear sense, or are you simply stringing things together hoping no one would be the wiser and/or notice? If you wish to make the case that an overused die is damaged and that the coins produced by it are therefore damaged, its not an unreasonable position to take. However, please keep in mind that in this hobby the term "damage", especially in this context, is most commonly used to describe coins displaying issues/anomalies that occurred after production and/or leaving the mint.
I couldn't agree more but if that's the case, overused dies are causing damaged coins, then the majority of the coins produced by the US Mint are damaged as the dies are definitely overused. Just look at a handful of change. Is this why we are seeing so many new members posting so called "damaged" coins" and asking what they are worth?
