2019 silver proof quarter frosted die chip error?

Kliao

I was looking at my 2019s silver proof set and noticed a white spot on the obverse of the AMP quarter. At first I thought it was a milk spot but looking at it closer it looks like a die chip that's frosted? What do you guys think?

291fifth

To me it looks like a defective proof. However, with proper online promotion it may be worth One Million Dollars!

TurtleCat

@291fifth said:
To me it looks like a defective proof. However, with proper online promotion it may be worth One Million Dollars!

It needs a clever name like “weeping motto”

IkesT

It doesn't appear that the "S" in "TRUST" is chipped away - its' still present, but perhaps a bit soft - which makes me think you may have a struck-through error.

ctf_error_coins

The coin looks struck thru.

FredWeinberg

Looks like a struck thru, and the plastic
piece might still be on the coin....or not.

Kliao

A struck through would go into the coin correct? I’m looking at it closer and it doesn’t look to Be going into the coin...

IkesT

@Kliao

The thinner the material that is struck through, the less of a depression it will leave in the coin.

If it's a retained struck-through, like Fred suggested, that means the foreign object was struck into the coin and is still there. You might have a little retained scrap of metal or plastic.

Kliao

Interesting. If it is a retained strike through will the foreign object add to the value and have any chance of falling off? Would this be something worth grading?

IkesT

@Kliao

The retained objects do sometimes fall off.

Take a look at these sales results:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=proof+struck+through&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

The significant premiums usually go to coins with relatively large/dramatic struck through errors.

Edit: Retained struck throughs are relatively harder to find than regular struck throughs, but again, it may be hard to get much of a premium for very small ones.

ricko

Looks like a retained struck through... either plastic as Fred suggested or metal debris... Interesting find, and great pictures. Cheers, RickO

Kliao

Thanks for all the input. I don’t know why but as I keep looking at it the surface of the spot it looks like the white cameo frosting. I’m gonna keep looking at it. Might break it out of the plastic case.

@ricko I had to get the digital microscope in-order to be able so see it in higher magnification.