So I was at work the other day an went to get some change for someone an I saw this Quarter an I just had to have it. It has got a lot of scratches an what not, it has none to very little detail on George an when you flip it over on where raised edge is blank I guess you can say but everything else is good.
It looks like someone sanded poor George down. There are very long and heavy scratches that don't seem right to me for a 2016 coin in circulation. I would call it PMD.
The reverse tells a bigger story than the obverse. The missing rim has incuse letters, where stamped, they pushed metal out leaving an uneven surface near where the rim should be. If this was sanded down or altered after it left the mint, someone took a great deal of time punching those letters back in. I believe this is a very good candidate for a late stage capped die strike. I'm no expert here but there are a few members here that can verify whether this is true. Do you have a photo of the edge?
There are processes at the mint that are prone to leave scratches, especially on coins and planchets that, by the nature of them being an error, do not fit well within the normal operation of the machinery. Someone please explain this area of the OP's coin.
Due to the tapered edges on the reverse, it looks like this quarter may have been pressed into some sort of “holder”. Like the old pennies that were pressed into aluminum advertising or momentous pieces. Just my two cents worth.
