My best guess is that this was struck on a defective planchet,the strike is overtop of the affected area on the reverse....idk tbh
Sorry, but everything you see on the surfaces of your Fla. quarter is damage Liquid, corrosive, whatever - it's now enviornmentally damaged
that's just plain old damage. Remember that those planchets get pressed up to 342 tons of pressure. This moves the metal around so that it fills the die. If you look at your quarter it is potmarked. Definitely not showing the attributes of that type of damage during the minting phase. Done afterwards.
The map says, "Take the Santa Maria to the tip of Florida under the space shuttle." That is where the treasure is.
If I may...On the reverse ,where the 1800s date is, notice the date hasnt been affected by the corrosion at all,but looks stamped over it.Same near the rim on the right of the reverse,the rim hasnt been affected by the apparent deep corrosion that took place in that area. That lead me to believe that it was damaged as a blank type 1,before it got its rim. Am I wrong for assuming that? Or am I just wrong,lol. Your opinion carries alot of weight and I'm sure youre probably correct, but I must atleast argue my point haha
get an eye dropper. get some colored water get a similar newer quarter drop a few drops on it in various places and move the coin around. notice how the letters, rim, etc will be above the liquid. Thus a liquid causing corrosion could be the culprit.
Ok,after looking at it more I can see where it was puddling. I just figured for it to eat that deep into the coin that it would atleast do some work on the device it was resting against. This quarter design is so bad,I'd be happier if it just ate the whole reverse away.
Ill make up for my ignorance on this nickel I'm about to post,atleast I know what I've got on there. It's quite intriguing.
that's part of the problem. You don't know how much of the liquid (gel, etc) could have been on the surface resting up against a device or if strategically placed. You don't know how long it was on the surface until it was neutralized, etc. A drop of liquid is not "totally flat" in all situations. It's more spherical related, or concave, to surface tension and cohesion. (beyond my engineering grade). That's part of the problem with "damage", you do not know the exact specifics; we do not know the exact specifics as we did not damage it, which may have been one or multiple instances of similar or dissimilar damage ...
