2012 D Denali Quarter On nickel planchet?
Jgrabocoin
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Can anyone tell me if this is a quarter on a nickel planchet or is there another explanation or idea of what this error is? TIA
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Sorry to say it’s not an error – your quarter has been tapped on the edges to flatten out the reeding
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What Fred said! I would like to add, if you had a quarter on a nickel planchet, you probably wouldn't even have the lettering on it. Put a nickel on top of your quarter and you will see what I mean.
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A nickel planchet would have been undersized. Your coin is full sized.
The reeding is struck when the coin is struck. Your coin is fully struck and properly sized, so it was not struck outside the collar (not broadstruck). There must be another (non-mint) explanation for the missing reeding).
And last, but not least, nickels are a solid alloy, so there would be no copper layer.
I agree that the coin was normally-struck on a normal planchet and the reeding was somehow flattened out, after the coin left the Mint. But I disagree that it was caused by edge tapping. Edge tapping would cause the rims to be raised up on the obverse and reverse. I do not see that on this coin.
I think the coin was caught in some sort of machinery (clothes dryer, malfunctioning vending machine, or ?).
Can you weigh the coin ?
I am a quarter CRH and have found these several times. I thought these must be valuable and started saving them only to be told by my local coin dealer that it is wear from most likely vending machines. I was bummed because they sure are odd looking 🙄
You wouldn't see copper on the edge if it were struck on a nickel planchet.
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Yep... worn quarter.... bi-metallic sandwich coin, not nickel alloy. Cheers, RickO
I would bet that it was encased, probably in a keychain for someone's GMC Yukon Denali keys
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