Just stopped by to say: CCNP (Classic Case of Numismatic Pareidolia)
Hard for me to tell the difference between a genuine diamond, and cubic zirconium. So, every small piece of clear glass I find is automatically...
The first set of photos, and the last, show damage on the rim/edge area. Based on those photos, it's not a lamination, not a rim burr or rim...
Very common 'struck thru' areas on your quarter. Probably machinery grease/oil.
As PM98 says, it's a lamination, from improper metal mixture of the planchet strip.
I'm basing my comments on the photos, and not having the coin in-hand to examine. How did Mike D. describe it? And, we don't know the weight,...
It appears to be a copper shell - Struck onto a normal coin; The incused side was down; and the obv. side was struck thru something also. The...
Unknown/Unseen/Unerror
Anything 'Yellow' = damage/contact marks
It's not a die crack
OP - if you flip the coin over, top to bottom, is the reverse pointing to 11:00??? or is it pointing to 7:00 or 5:00 ?
stains/corrosion/enviornmentally damaged surfaces
We'd like to help, but your photo is waaaay too dark and far away.
Looks genuine to me.
By the way, I put that paragraph about not dealing in die varieties in there to the OP and others because, although I am familiar with die...
That one isn't mine - I sold mine bout 8-10 years ago.
Before It's on a defective planchet
Looks like a 'split after striking' planchet
and I like the 1964 Date !
Small flake of metal from the rim
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