Hello. I am a new poster. I found a 2000D NH Quarter. Appears to have a missized planchard? The middle couldn't reach the collar, and the stamping is very light. Can hardly see "New". What say ye?
*planchet Your coins has probably spent some time in the ground or somewhere that was acidic. That ate away at the copper core.
Since you can see the layers of nickel silver sandwiched around a copper core, the only other coins that have that is the US dime and US half dollar. Unlikely that it is "wrong stock" error so the planchet is correct and some other external factor has influenced the damage to your coin.
The eroded copper layer is a characteristic of a coin that was exposed to an acidic environment. The copper reacted before the Copper/Nickel outside layers, although you can see damage on those surfaces as well. Sorry, but it didn’t leave the mint like that and is not an error coin
You will notice that the copper core still shows the reeding. The only way it could get that reeding was if it was all the way out at the edge of the coin when it was struck. As the acid attacked the copper it was attacked evenly so the reeding remained as the copper got further and further from the edge.
Nickel silver is a term for an alloy of cupro nickel. Nickel silver is junk. It is called that because of the color, not the content. I never said there was silver in the coin. I probably just should have said cupro nickel, as it doesn't contain zinc. But nickel silver is a common term.
right, so I may be a rookie but you, sir, are a rude jerk. I will get smarter, but you will still be a jerk, me thinks.
