My dad found this quarter and it has me stumped. It was struck on a silver planchet but the date looks like 1966. I think it was struck without a collar due to the warped edge. The edge with the cut off and stretched Letters is thinner and has no reeding. There is no reeding from the F on OF to the R in Quarter. Does anyone have any thoughts on the Date?
I'm not the error expert, but I think that's more likely post mint damage than a clipped planchet. A coin struck on a clipped planchet will often have weakness on the contralateral side (the side of the coin 180 degrees opposite the clip). I don't see that on your coin.
It looks like an incomplete planchet, but you say its silver. It also looks as if there were problems with the collar. If you zoom in at the rim you can see where the rim stops suddenly. I don't know exactly what caused this, but I don't believe its post mint...
I don't have any scales. But it makes the same sound as silver. I don't beleive it is post mint damage. If you notice the rim on the obv has a line in the middle like many do without a collar or partial collar. On the word QUARTER on the rev. the letters spread down into the rim. Without a collar the metal will flow outward and stretch letters. I still wonder about the date.
Look at the rim, do you see the copper insert? quarters struck on nickel planchets often look like this.
there is no copper in the rim and the rim on the reeded side is thicker than a standard quarter and the non reeded rim is thinner than a standard quarter. The other thing i just noticed when comparing it to other quarters is that all the letters are larger on the error coin???? I have no idea i guess it could be a nickel planchet.
If it were struck on a nickel planchet, wouldn't it be thinner than a standard quarter as there is less metal and when it flowed out during striking it would thin considerably? Guy~
I think it does look like it could be struck on a nickel planchet. Before I spent money to send it out for slabbing though the first thing I would do is get the weight.
I would suggest getting the weight (as suggested) then contacting Mike Diamond of CONECA and getting his input and possibly sending to him before a TPG...
Nickel 5g - Quarter 5.6g - not much difference in weight - nickel planchets begin life thicker than a quarter.
Could be struck on one piece of the nickel portion of the copper- nickel clad composition after it separated from a planchet. The quarters struck with a clad layer missing will sometimes have the missing portion getting struck by itself. If it has any copper at the edge,(this one seems not too) it may have been struck on dime stock. This one needs to be weighed to know what it was struck on. It looks like a legit error to me. Thanks, Bill
