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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3556400, member: 10461&quot;]Just really heavily worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>If straight-graded at PCGS at the PO01 grade, and not details-graded for damage, i.e., artificial wear (yes, that&#039;s a thing now, strangely enough), then it would have some value to Lowball collectors, since a naturally-worn PO01 coin from such a recent series is a condition rarity.&nbsp; Then again, I don&#039;t see any <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/low-ball-sets/139" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/low-ball-sets/139" rel="nofollow">Lowball sets on the Registry</a> that even offer an option for post-1964 quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect it is artificially and deliberately worn down, though.&nbsp; We will never know why.&nbsp; It is difficult to imagine how a coin so recent could have received so much natural circulation wear in such a relatively short period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those little striation lines where the words QUARTER DOLLAR were (right under Washington&#039;s bust) look like evidence of some kind of sanding or polishing, which is an indication of artificial wear.&nbsp; I think it were tumbled (which would also be artificial wear), it would be shinier and those lines would not be as pronounced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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