Here's an interesting error I've had for a while and never noticed that the description on the holder seems to be incomplete. It looks to me to have been struck with a second blank planchet on top of the first one? Anyway, I've found others with the very same description with both side's design normal. So if anyone has any idea what happened please advise. Thanks, Mike
I'm thinking the Blank Dime planchet was under the Blank Quarter Planchet and the Anvil Die struck the Reverse image on one side only. Somewhere there is a Washington Quarter with the Obverse fully struck and a Dime sized indentation on the Reverse.
uniface means one face, it occurs when a planchet is over another planchet or coin and the two are struck together. Somewhere there is a uniface quarter with the head side only. odd that it's dime stock and not quarter stock which is more common, but also sucks it's not the one with the date. two coins were struck with the dies at the same time, a dime and a quarter. How or why it could happen, who knows.
Here is an example of a Ike Dollar with a Quarter planchet that was underneath it when it was struck. The Quarter in question most likely looks like that coin but with a Dime sized indent. Here is the article https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/1976-eisenhower-dollar-is-weird-and-desired.html
paddyman I wasn't trying to steal your thunder. I'm assuming that's a quarter size holder, not a dime or a nickel right? I dunno, looks like the dime didn't hold out and got spread pretty thin, I'd say it took out 95%+ of the quarter's reverse also it being the size it is and so much of the reverse die showing. kind of odd it being so stretched thin yet the copper not showing though anywhere that I can see in these pics.
It's a quarter holder. The planchet is a clad dime and the copper shows here and there around the rim with a glass. The weight also confirms this. I still don't think there was a dime die involved in this. Besides you can see a Washington head on the blurry side faintly. Something else was in between the die and the planchet to blur out the detail, maybe oil or grease. Also the press must have been set up to strike quarters and a dime planchet or two got in and struck. Whatever happened it's certainly an interesting one! Mike
I agree with @paddyman98 in how the error occurred and why the obverse is blank. The description in the label is adequate. Keep in mind there is only so much room on a label. It is also not "unique." Here is another one. It is still a cool error for sure.
