Is this 1964 D Washington Quarter a minting error?

Much better pic and even enlarged I see something that looks more like damage. The guys here have a name for it. Something that, if you look at too long it actually appears as something but is really not. Eyes begin to play tricks with you if you look long enough.

 

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I really don't see anything. FWIW, this is called a Washington quarter (Washie to some) because it was first released on the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth (1932).

Chris

 

Thank you Chris. I'll try to get a better photo for you. I guess it's hard to convey the way the light hits it just right to bring out the underlying coin... It's really magnificent. But critics are what I was expecting to find, so thank you for being so gentle with me. And the correct terminology... I was just telling Tommy how I read up on the lingo for two days trying to familiarize myself with it enough not to become too embarrassed for entering into this site at all... And still, I get off on the wrong foot. With the Title even! Can't think of a better start to an error coin career than with an actual error. Can you? Thanks again for your help. I'll be throwing down some better images for you here soon.

 

@paddyman98 is one of the more "passionate" error collectors on these forums. Perhaps he can be of some help.

Chris

 

OK. Thanks again, Chris. Did you happen to catch the last pic that I took the liberty of illustrating?

 

No premium for damage or else I'd be gingling my change around like crazy Since this is a 1964 quarter it's worth its silver content though which should be more that a quarter. So at least he has that small consolation!

 

You are correct. I forgot it was silver.

 

I hope you did not think me being negative. Your arrow on the left reverse "may" be a clash from the obverse. The 2nd arrow on the bottom looks to be a bad gouge. I can only speak for what I'm seeing. You might see something much different in hand.

 

Tommy, I never mistook anything that you have told me as negative, and after one day I think I understand the role a forum of this nature plays in the identification of error coins. It's not a simple question of whether or not the error in question was produced at the mint, but rather if the error can be reproduced after it leaves the mint. If there is any possible way that it can, then there is no way to say that it is an error coin, even if it was honestly produced in the mint. This forum is like a collection of guys with experiences that have helped me to understand all the ways that an error coin can be considered as such but in all actuality is not. I get it now. And based off that information, my error coin collection has been significantly reduced in size... 1. (Maybe 2) But it was really making me question the availability of error coins and their value, to which I don't anymore.

 

is it just me? or am I repeatedly reading LIBERTY quarter???