The outside ring has more of a copper color to it....at first I thought someone had put it around it to turn it into a necklace or something but couldn't find seem where they would have connected the ring to fit around it
The quarter is PMD also. Some has taken the time to strike it repeatedly along the edge. I knew a kid, when I was young in the last century, that would do this to quarters. Not sure why.
yes, quarter is definitely an industrial dryer coin, caught between the spinning inner tub and the stationary outer drum on edge and spinning for a while. the edge is pushed in and up to the front and back of the coin, surfaces look like it's spent time in a fire almost. not quite that bad as a fire though. consumer driers tend to max out at 135F top end, however the commercial and industrial ones that businesses use run up to about 190F. for reference cotton (which is combustible) will start to break down and generate it's own heat and scorch at around 205F.\ Anyways, some will say "a dryer can't scorch metal" this is true of residential dryers, not so of commercial/industrial dryers that are run constantly at high temperatures, and in no time a coin trapped between the inner tub, and outer drum can look like this quarter pictured. Just ask the Maytag repair man!
As @John Burgess said, a dryer coin, not an error. The smaller diameter is due to the edge being forced inward.
The quarter has been spooned. Look in the search box here, there are several threads on that, and it shows you how to do it.
The damage does look deliberate. Personally I can not reason why anyone would want to damage a coin. I do believe you got the message I was trying to make, thank you and good luck!
the above quarter is a result of "spooning" or some such...hitting the edge of the coin with a spoon or similar object, defdam as well..
That Washington Statehood quarter appears to be a dryer coin. Edit- oops- that was already mentioned.