Are you taking about the soft plastic tubes? They ruin coins in a short time. Quarters turn milking in just a few months on the outside edges of...
I agree.
Looks like a large die chip to me. Part of the reason for the large date replacements. These dies chipped in EDS examples.
Is the coin the same size as a normal coin?
I've seen that before and came to the same conclusion. Seems like it affect the last digit of the date.
Checkout Coppercoins.com/ to see if there is a match for your coin. It will take a while as many DDR's happened on the LP2 series.
It's not the touching of the A&M that makes it a close AM. Die wear can make theses devices touch in later die states. The wide AM is more noted...
I don't think it is clipped. It looks like the way the metal spresd from the stiking with the hammer. It didn't have a collar to make it round....
A step child? [IMG]
The Wide AM on business strike coins stopped after 1993 (well should have) but some 1998, 1999 & 2000 Cents have the wide A M in stead of the...
That's it! Nice find.
Die Wear. Coins that exibit this are in VLDS (Very Late Die State). The dies is close to retirement. Just a poor die creation for these year and...
The bar on 200P-1DR-023 is much larger than the one on your coin. The 023 runs from the mid calf to the base. Yours is much shorter. I would keep...
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