1973/2 quarter????????

Looks like a 3/2 but im hardly an expert... opinions??

 

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That's very interesting.

There was a huge change in the design between 1972 and '73. An obverse picture might help.

It seems unlikely that such a mistake could be made when there's a big difference but the photo is interesting. The damage in front of the 2 seems to suggest this might be an artefact of the same damage.

 

I'll invoke a question that comes up on VAMWorld now and then when someone posts something that's improbable. "Did you poke it with a stick?" By which I mean that sometimes things that look like die breaks, overdates, cuds, strange clashes, etc., are really dirt, glue, occluded gas, or laminations. A quick jab with a rose thorn can often answer these questions.

 

Well just sos happens i have a thorn i use and i dont remember if i have or not beimg ive had this 4 ever... will poke w a stick... and ill call it a name or 2 for good measure

 

What in the world are you guys seeing, looks like a regular 73 to me.

 

Oh and ill capture obverse too for clues

 

Oh and another clue might be that the other digits look recut to the north!!! Look above the 7 ^ Sorry it appears to be a hook under/in front of the 3 for those not seeing it and it resembles the bottom of a 2 to the south as well

 

To me, it just looks like it is beat up from circulation. Nothing more!

Chris

 

Hit it w rose thorn and gave it a spritz..it still looks like a hook betwixt the serifs

 

I would agree with beat up except 4 all that extra metal im seeing here.. on the 7 as well

 

Shoot. I's gots the glasses on and I ain't seein' nothin'.......

 

Ok, I see a small anomaly under the top of the three, but with the damage to the seven directly lined up with it, I would suspect that the three is also just damage.

 

Without such a coin known it IS hard to conclude this one but its still a keeper obviously,, maybe.its.a madclash or some other weird error.... i wish it was mint state so we couldnt write it.off as pmd so easily

 

It's definitely been through a coin rolling machine once or twice.

 

Looks like a 3 with dirt to me.

 

I know it's a little late in the game, but did you ever find anything out about your 73 Quarter? I ask because just today I found one that us Identical to this last photo, with the little raised line barely peeking out from under the bottom of the top curve of the 3. This is the only pertinent result I received from Google. Any update would be great. I've only just taken a quick sec to scan my change from this morning and haven't taken photos yet. Will later depending on what I hear back, if anything. Thanks in advance-Karen

 

Correction. Ooops! Mine is identical to the top photo in this response, not the last. -Karen

 

Welcome to CT. You have posted on a 7 year old thread. Please make a thread of your own in the Error section , explain what you want us to look at and include clear, in focus images. Click the button for Full Size images not thumbnails.

 

Thank you. Okie doke. Sorry. I am also having trouble with uploading photos. Maybe will figure it out with a new posting.

 

There is no 3 over 2 variety for a 1973. It's called Pareidolia. Dirt, stains or damage can cause it to look like something it's not.