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<p>[QUOTE="Autumn, post: 3022552, member: 93909"]i went ahead and posted both of these quarters in the same thread because they look like they both have the same kind of irregularities present. </p><p><br /></p><p>*The rim on both coins is flattened/smashed or not there at all.</p><p>* The edges are still mostly reeded.</p><p>* On the obverse of the Michigan quarter, there is a lump(?? bulge??) on Washington's neck as well as above the back of his head at about 2oclock. </p><p>*They both have a grainy texture to them as well as some gouges/slashes</p><p>*Both quarters are certainly thinner than your average quarter (especially the 1998).</p><p>The Michigan quarter weighs 5.50g and the 1998 weighs 5.73g. Then i also weighed a regular Wisconsin state quarter and it weighed 5.65g. (i did that because my scale needs calibrating (its a couple 100ths of a gram off but i dont have the weights to calibrate it so i figured I'd just compare all the quarters based on what my scale was telling me atm.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751962[/ATTACH] that's about all the info i have i suppose..</p><p>Any thoughts/info would be much appreciated. Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Autumn, post: 3022552, member: 93909"]i went ahead and posted both of these quarters in the same thread because they look like they both have the same kind of irregularities present. *The rim on both coins is flattened/smashed or not there at all. * The edges are still mostly reeded. * On the obverse of the Michigan quarter, there is a lump(?? bulge??) on Washington's neck as well as above the back of his head at about 2oclock. *They both have a grainy texture to them as well as some gouges/slashes *Both quarters are certainly thinner than your average quarter (especially the 1998). The Michigan quarter weighs 5.50g and the 1998 weighs 5.73g. Then i also weighed a regular Wisconsin state quarter and it weighed 5.65g. (i did that because my scale needs calibrating (its a couple 100ths of a gram off but i dont have the weights to calibrate it so i figured I'd just compare all the quarters based on what my scale was telling me atm.) [ATTACH=full]751942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751962[/ATTACH] that's about all the info i have i suppose.. Any thoughts/info would be much appreciated. Thanks![/QUOTE]
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