Found this quarter and don't know what to make of it

I keep a change jar and was tossing in a handful when this quarter jumped out at me. This is the front and the back of the same quarter. Have you even seen something like this?

 

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Yes we have seen this. It's PMD (post mint damage). Soemone had fun with grinder or other tool.

 

Ok, thank you for the information. I wasn't sure and figured you guys would know.

 

No problem. It doesn't hurt to ask.

 

I found one like that once, except it was a nickel, and the grinding was done on the obverse.

 

It looks almost like one half of a magician's double-headed quarter. (i.e. grinding down the reverse of two coins - one slightly smaller diameter to fit inside the rim of the other - then affixing both together.)

 

Interesting, never thought of that..

 

Maybe, but all the magicians coins I have found have lathe marks. This one just looks like someone got bored.

 

I have seen really cool "spy coins" like Ike's that will hold messages!

 

Right on! I collected one of these in the Summer of 2008. See attached.

 

Right on! I collected one of these in the Summer of 2008. See attached.<img src="attachment.php?attachmentid=137771&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="137771" alt="" id="vbattach_137771" class="previewthumb"><img src="attachment.php?attachmentid=137772&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="137772" alt="" id="vbattach_137772" class="previewthumb">

 

I found one of those in searching halves just this week!

 

Congrats:thumb: Yet another cool perk of searching halves