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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3631879, member: 77814&quot;]yes, something happened to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>When quarters are minted the planchets are pushed in a chamber which the collar has the reeding on it.&nbsp; If the collar isn&#039;t there then the quarter gets &quot;smooshed&quot; and is called Broadstruck, which is very visibly evident.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, quarters are too large to fit in nickel chambers, and the nickel collars are way too small to fit in quarter presses and planchets wouldn&#039;t fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>without up close images I&#039;d guess someone shaved down the edge and polished it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve done multitude of damage to coins for my kids artsy stuff including polishing the end result to make &#039;em look nice and shiny.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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