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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3209750, member: 92655"]I appreciate your enthusiasm. When you see things like this it is a good exercise to ask yourself.... There are a finite (limited) number of things that can happen to a coin at the mint. Can it potentially be one of these?..... Conversely there are an infinite number of things that can happen outside the mint, from parking lots to bored youngsters with tools and everything in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought looking at the reverse of your quarter is that an aggressive coin rolling machine scarred the reverse. I believe the obverse has a coating of some kind. Possibly lacquer and I would guess it was part of a curio piece of some kind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Teach yourself to rule out the infinite possibilities in the life of a coin before you look for the errors. You will fine tune your eye and become an expert at locating errors like [USER=96343]@Shrews1994[/USER] did in very short order. Just a few months ago she was new at this. She made the effort to learn and now I believe the unique coins actively hunt her down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3209750, member: 92655"]I appreciate your enthusiasm. When you see things like this it is a good exercise to ask yourself.... There are a finite (limited) number of things that can happen to a coin at the mint. Can it potentially be one of these?..... Conversely there are an infinite number of things that can happen outside the mint, from parking lots to bored youngsters with tools and everything in between. My first thought looking at the reverse of your quarter is that an aggressive coin rolling machine scarred the reverse. I believe the obverse has a coating of some kind. Possibly lacquer and I would guess it was part of a curio piece of some kind. Teach yourself to rule out the infinite possibilities in the life of a coin before you look for the errors. You will fine tune your eye and become an expert at locating errors like [USER=96343]@Shrews1994[/USER] did in very short order. Just a few months ago she was new at this. She made the effort to learn and now I believe the unique coins actively hunt her down.[/QUOTE]
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