I got 3 Uncirculated quarter rolls from my bank (3/6 rolls) and I found this quarter on my first roll, I'm a bit confused on what is going on, on this coin lol. I also found this on the P in the mintmark....
2nd coin into the roll btw.... Also it seems like all of them have this with the faded I and T... And so far one even has the same issue on the mint mark
Damn it happened on every single coin in that roll lol; However, I did find an error coin in the batch so I'm happy!
Why? According to the mint, a press will strike 720 coins a minute. Current die life is approx. 275,000 dimes (I was unable to find the die life for quarters, but assume it's similar). That means a die wears out in approx 6 hours. Remember, the mint is a high volume manufacturer. They're tasked to make functional coins for circulation, not pristine. Why take the hit on downtime and yield when the die is still functional? Run time and yields are everything in these processes.
It's not only that, it's that 2022 dies are poor quality. On most 2022 quarters, they will have an already scratched up edge from the poor quality die
Scratches on a die will be raised on a coin. Are you sure you're not seeing handling/contact marks? Struck coins go directly into large ballistic bags of 2500-3000 lbs each (I can't recall the actual weights, but they are in that range). The ballistic bags are shipped to companies that dump the coins into hoppers and roll them for distribution. These are also high volume process, so the key is functionality, not looks.
It's a die chip near his eye, not too special Also in one of the circulated rolls that I got, I got a West point 2020, so that was nice!
With the modern age internet, it is quick and easy to look up information, so why don't more of us do just that? Perplexing. A sign of machine doubling is when the mint mark and date show the same doubling. When you see the flat, shelve-like doubling on both sides of the device, such as you showed in this photo; Then chance are very good that it is NOT a doubled die.
Was not asking if it was or not. I was just showing a picture of a closeup of the date. My question was on the I and T in "In God We Trust" (I already knew it was machine doubling as not only did the coin have obvious signs of it on other letters, all the other coins had a similar case of Machine doubling.)
