Its been a while since I posted something of my own, so here goes. I set this 1967 Washington quarter aside while roll hunting a while back and wanted to get the community's thoughts on the die state. The marks across the surface are raised rather than incuse (as I tried to capture with side-angled photos), which leads me away from standard post-mint damage, but I'm trying to determine if this crosses the threshold into a true shattered die or if it's just severe die cracking/erosion- or even just unusual PMD. Thoughts?
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a Washington quarter so advanced. Usually they replace them long before this happens - or it happened very suddenly. It's also fairly unusual to see both sides shattered at the same time, but I guess it's possible. If my response wasn't enough... yeah, this absolutely qualifies for a near-terminal shattered die. Those dies didn't strike much more after that!
