Not sure if this quarter was brutalized in the mint or after, your thoughts? If it is a mint error , what the world Happened? The Bicentennial quarter is missing its clad on the front, whats the worth guys?
The top coin has been "spooned". If you want to experiment, take that Bicentennial quarter (that is only worth 25c) and keep tapping its edge with the bottom of a soup spoon, rotating the coin as you go. Chris
Are you familiar with Occam's razor in its most basic form; that the simpler explanation is usually the better? If applied to coins, at least until you've become more familiar, I do believe you'll find it correct far more often than not.