Here are the full photos of the front and back, like you guys like... In the photo below, at the top, is an image of a normal 1999 Quarter sourced from PCGS Coinfacts. Below that, on the left, is an image of the coin in my possession. To the left of the tree trunk appears to be foreign objects in the area above the word "OAK". Also, the word "OAK" appears to be different than the rest of the other lettering on the coin. Is this doubling? In the other photo on the bottom and to the right, you can see that there is a branch that should not be there. What is going on there? This photo is setup the same way as the one above. As you can see... there appear to be additional branches that should not be there. In this final photo, I have illustrated what appears to be more doubling.
That's a 'hit' or contact mark where all your Red&Yellow arrows are pointing. No error, no extra branches. The doubling you see is all mechanical/ejection doubling. The coin has been cleaned, at a minimum.
@Jeff Callahan 1) "OAK" is weak because the die is partially filled with grease. 2) The "extra branches" are nothing more than small gouges on the coin, probably received while in circulation. You can tell because they are recessed and there is a small amount of coin metal pushed out of the gouge. 3) The last is machine doubling which is usually seen as "flat and shelf-like".
I agree with our fellow enthusiast (and resident error expert). Also note that aside from the shelf-like appearance, the devices are also reduced. The is obscured a bit by the die deterioration going on as well.
I had some rolls of these but gave up on the branches as it was way to complicated, instead trying to focus on other elements of the design. Ended up finding nothing but lots of machine doubling. @Jeff Callahan Nice presentation.
