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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2998805, member: 84179&quot;][USER=93340]@Coin seeker[/USER] This thread is over 5 years old and the last time the OP was on this site was the day he/she posted this question.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is due to chemical etching of the copper layer of the clad after it left the mint.&nbsp; IT IS NOT A MINT ERROR</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a 0% probability that this would be a mint error (and I am not using 0% as hyperbole).&nbsp; Cladding for planchets is made in long sheets/strips.&nbsp; The blanks are punched from that sheet/strip.&nbsp; Although rare, it is possible for defects in the cladding to show up in a minted coin (Missing cladding and partial cladding for example).&nbsp; But to have a circular defect, the is just slightly smaller in diameter than a quarter blank, and to have the punch hit this spot dead center?&nbsp; Not going to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just wanted to clarify this for any future newbie that stumbles onto this thread.&nbsp; DO NOT waste your $$$ getting anything like this authenticated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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