I don’t believe I posted this here before. I posted it in another chat room on NGC website and no one knew. I believe this to be another strike through but uncertain of what. I would think it’s circulation damage if it wasn’t for the fact the gouge looks like melted metal. Kind of like someone welding laying down beads over lapping one another. There’s no signs or damage like there would be when you get metal really hot it will turn color. Plus in my search online I came across someone who had the same exact damage in the same spot on Washingtons neck except his was a little wider then mine but exactly the same shape but once I logged out I couldn’t find it again a few days later. This persons post was like from 3 years ago but it was on a state quarter like mine. Has anyone come across a coin with this kind of damage that might have a little more insight on what this is and if it’s a strike through or not. Someone suggested that it looked like someone took a soldering iron to it but I know a soldering iron can’t produce enough heat to melt metal.
Looks like damage to me. Let's see what everyone else has to say.. Either way, NAV or no added value.
Whenever I see metal plowed up and piled up like this, I think Post Minting Damage, in other words a scratch or gouge.
You mention the addition of solder or metal, but the photo makes it look like it is incused. Raised, or incused? Appears incused to me, and just damage, so NAV.
I think that is saying that the metal has been displaced, If it had not been displaced I think that I could call it a strike thru.
I guess with it in hand it would raise more questions. I’ve been told damage many times but that through posted pics. I need someone to actually look at it in person and tell me that so it will ease my mind and just spend it lol. I’m just having a hard time believing it’s post mint because I swear someone had the same shaped damage that they were questioning on another chat board. I’m still googling to see if I can find that thread. If anyone on here has done welding before then you’d know what laying down a nice bead means and that’s what it kind of looks like inside the groove. Except if you know what metal looks like after you heat it especially shiny metal will take on a rainbow color. Grant it someone could of polished it out but why go through the effort doing that. Inside the grove is shiny. Id think if it was a gouge from regular circulation then Id see sharp edges and no shine on the inside probably even see some cooper. My thought that maybe a chunk of hardened grease fell out of a device on the die it was stuck in and got struck through on the neck. This is just a theory and I have no clue what that looks like and if that’s ever happened also was the theory the other person had about his quarter. If I didn’t see his post and quarter then I would of given up on this awhile back. But I’m keeping it and when I come across someone who collects in BBC person then I’ll show them this quarter and if they say yup that’s post mint then I’ll buy them an ice cream with it lol. Just thought I’d check here for someone who’s seen the same damage.
That metal is plowed up on the inside of the gouge. How does one gouge metal but then leave nice smooth shiny metal on the inside of said gouge? I’ll inclose more pics that you can take a close up with.
It’s easy if you know how. Take a lousy zinc cent and scrape it with something sharp. Angle it to one side first. You should see exactly what your coin has that you think is an error. You can also take your coin to your local coin shop.
I was saying that to describe what it looks like not what has actually been done to it. It is incused but on the inside of that grove are humps of smooth shiny metal nothings sharp or copper like. Something you’d think you’d see had it been gouged out by something sharp
If you had a surface rust or a dirty piece of metal, then you scraped it; don't you think the incused scrape would be shiny as it would go below the surface ?
Here’s one close to mine but not the same one I seen a couple months ago on the net. Pretty much the same shape but wider. Also someone mentioned on here if there’s surface rust or it’s dirty then it’s a scratch which there is nether.
Your coin looks like there is a ridge of raised metal on the right side. You have the coin in hand so you need to objectively look and confirm the displaced metal. A strike through cannot have displaced metal. Don't get hung up on the surface of the gouge. If it has displaced metal, it's PMD. Now look at your post #16. That coin has no displaced metal on the edges. It's a strike through error
I’m not sure what you’re seeing but there is no raised metal on the edges. It’s smooth at the top along the edges of the gouge.
