You appear to have a cent struck on a clad dime planchet or blank. Uncirculated specimens bring around $200 - $250 today. They're a readily...
I just meant that a typical blistered plating error leaves many tiny bumps on the coin's surface.
"Solid" mintmarks are common in most denominations. There are two causes. A die chip may remove the central "post" in the die face, leaving a...
I'm glad you nailed down the cause as a linear blister. "Blistered plating" typically assumes a more familiar appearance of small bumps on the...
Die gouges aren't particularly rare, although they are rarer than die cracks. Just as with die cracks, rarity and value increase with the width,...
Most die gouges have no obvious source. Folks speculate about an accident with a tool during installation. A die gouge is often restricted to...
A die gouge is scratched into the die face. It is therefore an incuse (sunken) feature in the die face. Any feature in the die face that is...
Lincoln cents with mid-stage brockages usually sell for about $20 on eBay.
It's a mid-stage brockage, a type of "capped die strike". A cent adhered to the obverse die and struck a succession of planchets, becoming in the...
It's an "uncentered broadstrike". In other words, it was struck slightly off-center outside the retaining collar. Worth about $20.
I wrote an article recently in Errorscope dealing with "sunken dies", or what I have referred to as "die subsidence". In such errors, parts of...
A die chip is most likely. Die fatigue is also sometimes a cause. In either case, it's not particularly rare.
The term I've used is "bi-level die crack", but regardless of what you call it, it is rather unusual.
Probably a die gouge.
Then again, I haven't heard of any among state quarters. Weigh it and look at the details of the design under magnification. They should be...
Counterfeit quarters have turned up in recent years.
If the reverse design on the obverse face is incuse (sunken), mirror image, and strongest where it overlaps the areas of highest relief, then...
Maybe the design wasn't completely ground off. It just looks like you have some extra metal that was spilled onto the reverse. The appearance is...
It doesn't look like a mint error to me. Someone possibly ground off or cored out the reverse and then filled it with solder to restore the...
Definitely an acid job. Better luck next time.
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