Greetings, is this 1998 p Washington quarter a lamentation issue? It's on the obverse and reverse same side. If it is lamentation why is it on both sides and on the same side of the coin wouldn't it be in different places?
Lamentation: the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Lamination: planchet errors in which the surface of a coin cracks and flakes. Laminations could very well be present on both sides of a coin. On a clad coin such as you show, the three layers are separate layers of alloy that are roll bonded together. You could have alloy imperfections in any of the three layers. However, your coin is just stained. You do not have an error coin.
My first impression was it is a stain, which @potty dollar 1878 has already posted. Nice looking quarter for sure.
A stain never would have went in that direction but I see your point hopefully I don't keep on repeating questions that you've already answered adios mucho gracias
@paddyman98 . They will sometimes never learn and sometimes they will appreciate the help. Enjoy your Sunday all !
Looks like the right side was dipped or exposed to something leaving a stain on both sides. Never assume it's an error just because you can't explain how the damage occurred. You need to explain it occurs during the minting process. The copper center is sandwiched between 2 individual copper/nickel layers, then rolled to the proper thickness. What is the probabilty that each separate outer layer has an identical defect AND the happened to line up. It's not happening. You received answers from some members who are very knowledgeable of the minting process. If you want to continue to search for errors, I would strongly recommend studying that process.
