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Error quarter, unstruck, any info is greatly appreciated.

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  • Here's a side view showing clad

  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,572 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does it stick to a magnet?

  • @BillDugan1959 , This is actually a quarter, not an electrical punch out, I have several other unstruck quarters dimes nickels and penny's , this just happens to be the only one that looks like this. Here's a pic of some, the other quarter even matches the curved imprinted Line on the discolored one.

  • @yosclimber , nope not magnetic .

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mcsmooch said:
    @BillDugan1959 , This is actually a quarter, not an electrical punch out, I have several other unstruck quarters dimes nickels and penny's , this just happens to be the only one that looks like this. Here's a pic of some, the other quarter even matches the curved imprinted Line on the discolored one.

    You are wrong.

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 5,758 ✭✭✭✭✭

    clads are worth 3-5 bucks when you can tell what they are. If what you have is one, it is damaged and has a notch sticking out. If you see any coin design anywhere, then a different story.

  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Assuming that it is an un-struck planchet, as it appears that it may have left the Mint in the bottom of a rather wet load of dirt - it has no particular numismatic or market value in that condition. Certainly a curiosity and, assuming verification, a cool oddity. Thank you for taking the time to post photos. How did you come across this?

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Of course, the 'notch sticking out' is from where the knockout was pried out of the electrical box.

    And agreed, unstruck clad Quarters are of low value. The most recent Redbook says five bucks. That value may be too optimistic.

  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 17, 2019 1:38AM

    You can buy a fairly nice one for $8 with free shipping on ebay (consistent with values cited above),
    so that should give you an upper bound on the value.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Washington-Quarter-Blank-Planchet-Error/123592099747?hash=item1cc6a9c7a3:g:FHAAAOSw651cOoQA:rk:1:pf:0
    You can see the ebay planchet has a raised rim, like what we see in your photos.
    It looks like there is a raised circular edge near the middle of yours with a copper color?
    The clad edge view looks appropriate, too.
    It's consistent with yours being either a blank planchet or a struck quarter.
    It looks like it was in wet ground for awhile and absorbed impacts from other things.
    Given that there could be metal loss from the wet soil or other materials deposited on it,
    I would not rule out it having once been a struck quarter.
    Did you dig it up after using a metal detector?

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mcsmooch said:
    It definitely is a quarter planchete, and it definitely came from the mint.

    If you know, then why ask?

    By the way:

    plan·chette

    /planˈSHet/

    noun

    noun: planchette; plural noun: planchettes

    a small board supported on casters, typically heart-shaped and fitted with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and in seances.
    "the planchette jerked and skittered to the upper left-hand corner of the paper"

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is nothing more than a worthless piece of scrap metal. Even if it were an unstruck quarter planchette it would have little or no value in that condition.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mcsmooch, rust comes from iron reacting to oxygen. Are quarters made of iron? This is a knockout from a steel electrical conduit box. Nothing more. Take a metal detector around the perimeter of any modern sub-division house and you'll find a handful of them.

    The more you VAM..
  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think it's a quarter. I've been detecting for decades and I find similar knockouts often. IMO. Peace Roy

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    Got the dead horse one?

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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mcsmooch said:
    It definitely is a quarter planchete, and it definitely came from the mint.

    Great! Since you know it's an authentic clad quarter planchet* and it came from the a US Mint, what more information do you need? Sounds like you already have this dialed in!

    *It would be a blank and not a planchet as it has not gone through the upsetting mill to raise the rim.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a rusted electrical box thing to me. The layers are probably due to the galvanized steel.

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like a Chinese counterfeit - I'm not kidding.

    If it is indeed a genuine US quarter planchet, it is
    absolutely worthless in that burnt and corroded
    condition.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    Got the dead horse one?

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • giantsfan20giantsfan20 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭✭
    edited January 17, 2019 5:20PM

    Another **TROLL ** to ignore. This thing posted a similar question before.

  • An unfortunate thread...the cynicism of some responses that always assume an OP is looking to uncover a pot of gold, rather than trying to educate themselves.....and the OP response of seeming to be entrenched with an opinion that doesn’t consider answers given.
    For what it’s worth, the item seems to have the extended tab piece of a knockout, though the side view is unusual.

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  • giantsfan20giantsfan20 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭✭
    edited January 17, 2019 5:20PM

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 31,611 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @windwhispersintrees said:
    An unfortunate thread...the cynicism of some responses that always assume an OP is looking to uncover a pot of gold, rather than trying to educate themselves.....and the OP response of seeming to be entrenched with an opinion that doesn’t consider answers given.
    For what it’s worth, the item seems to have the extended tab piece of a knockout, though the side view is unusual.

    Look at the thread I posted above from the same person. In this case, there is no question that the OP has no interest in educating himself.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I keep looking at the edge shot thinking it's a petrified Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie? ;)

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When you punch out the outlets on electric boxes you get a similar shape and the layers is due to sheet metal. I have my suspicions that’s what you have.

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Prove the naysayers and dead horse beaters wrong.....do it. Just send for authentication to our host. Think of the fun you will have laughing!

    bob :)

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    While the edge picture is strange, it is nonetheless a worthless piece of metal.... Cheers, RickO

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mcsmooch said:





    The last pix reminds me of one of the moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter.

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  • zippcityzippcity Posts: 881 ✭✭✭✭

    poof

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Forum filters did not work. This is going into the forum abyss.....

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You spelled 'you're' wrong

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Before you go (or are 'gone') --

    Please know in your heart or mind that no one on
    this site -- collectors, dealers, authenticators, etc.
    etc. think your 'slug' (or whatever it is) is a product
    of, or related to, the U.S. Mint.

    It's your piece of metal, so you can believe
    what you'd like, but your attitude (and word
    use) shows you really don't care what it is,
    as long as you can think it's what you want
    to believe it is.

    Same reason people see a picture of the
    Virgin Mary on a piece of toast....because
    they want to see it.

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
    for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Before you go (or are 'gone') --

    Please know in your heart or mind that no one on
    this site -- collectors, dealers, authenticators, etc.
    etc. think your 'slug' (or whatever it is) is a product
    of, or related to, the U.S. Mint.

    It's your piece of metal, so you can believe
    what you'd like, but your attitude (and word
    use) shows you really don't care what it is,
    as long as you can think it's what you want
    to believe it is.

    Same reason people see a picture of the
    Virgin Mary on a piece of toast....because
    they want to see it.

    you were too kind.
    and polite

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And about the "quarter" I posted about turns out it was made from a type of metal that the mint was testing, and when it reached the annealing process this was the outcome. It's fairly rare because the majority if not all of the test pieces were destroyed .

    That thing does not look like it was "annealed" - it looks like it was incinerated. Or buried for 10 years. Or incinerated and then buried. :p

    Please educate us - who provided the explanation about its origin? Clearly we all have a lot to learn. ;)

    BTW - the Chinese counterfeiters are not content to simply make fake coins for sale to collectors or even for circulation, they also make counterfeits to mangle and burn so they can claim they were found in scrapped cars shipped to China for recycling. They then sent the mangled "coins" to the Mint to be redeemed as damaged coin. So, there are other possibilities in addition to the obvious ones.

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A lot of good information in this thread. Glad the thread was not sent into the abyss. Thanks mods!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, thanks moderators!

    At least he had the decency to get only himself banned and didn't drag anyone else down with him. :)

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,620 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buhbye.

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seems the info was NOT greatly appreciated after all.

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