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1979 D Quarter smooth edge.

Hello Everyone,
I found a 1979 D Quarter that has a smooth edge.
Any ideas how i can find a value?
i have yet to measure and weigh it..

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  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A picture would be nice. 🙂
    Are you sure it's not a wore out quarter?

    Ken
  • Cul8rCul8r Posts: 165 ✭✭

    I found a 1965 that i think was clipped but it to has no edgeing.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 9, 2020 5:03AM

    Interesting.

  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The reeding was worn away. Older coins that have seen heavy use in casinos and vending machines can look like this. Also, coins can get stuck between the fixed and rotating drums of a dryer and can wear due to the tumbling

    Regardless of the cause, its just damage. It was probably recommended in a older post that you start learning about the minting process if you're going to search for errors. Here is a goid site

    https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/how-coins-are-made-coin-production-terminology

    The more you know about the minting process, the less likely you'll be mistaking obvious damage for possible errors.

    Member of the ANA since 1982
  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    May have been stuck in a dryer or washer for a while.

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like the edges have been tapped

    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
  • this the quarter I have.

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like it’s been smoothed to me. Probably tapped or rolled around in a dryer.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks as if it was 'spooned'. That is, tapped around the circumference with a spoon.... we did that when I was in the Navy on silver coins to make a ring. That one has only been mildly tapped. Cheers, RickO

  • The weigh determined that it must have been rubbed. 5.65g
    Thanks for your thoughts on this topic.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,659 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Slightly smaller diameter, higher than normal rims....washing machine, spooned, or slot machine.

  • I have that one but no mint mark
    1974 qtr smooth edge

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