I came across this Washington in the change as a young lad and held onto it because of the odd liberty strike or lack there of. Just recently relocated it. Any ideas how this happened?
The odd thing is that it only shows wear in the "liberty" area....unless someone took a grinder to it. Any way, as a fifteen year old kid with a paper route and getting paid with quarters and 50 cent pieces it was something that really struck my eye at the time.
without a doubt strike the grease it dosn't matter if it;s in one area that;s were the grease was so it took PART OF LIBERTY OUT Jazzcoins Joe:whistle:
Although it might have been struck through grease, the poorly defined design rim raises immediate questions. The affected area may have been attacked by a buffing wheel. I've seen many fakes in which the entire perimeter is erased in this fashion on one or both faces.
it looks kinda like it could be a clipped planchent quarter, but than again, it's also possible that some kid could have damaged it on purpose to make it look like it considering how bad the condition of the coin is, but anyhow, since there is very little detail, even if the coin is a clipped planchent, it probably wouldn't be very valuable because it's in such poor condition (unless it really was struck through grease, but even then, it's probably not the most valuable error because the eye appeal of a coin struck through grease is terrible because it looks well worn, whereas other errors, such as clipped planchent, off center, ect, make the coin stand out, therefore, adding to the eye appeal as long as it otherwise has pleanty of detail). Therefore, it's my opinion that if it really is struck through grease, you may be able to get $5 for the coin, but that's about it, otherwise, if it's not, however, it'll only be worth 25 cents.
At this point I'll want to call it struck-through grease and a slightly off-center strike given the way that border narrows as you move up the obverse and down the reverse; nice little error. :thumb:
