1999 Delaware Quarter 4% clipped planchet error PCGS questions

coinsarefun

Isn't there more to this error that a clip? It looks struck through grease or something?
Maybe the clip caused the weak strike of both sides of the coin?
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Not looking to sell btw. Just had it for years and its my favorite state quarter. Plus its starting to tone a nice steel gray color
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FredWeinberg

The weakness near the clip is just metal flow and I see that the reverse is a bit weekly struck in the center – I don’t see any struck through error

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@FredWeinberg said:
The weakness near the clip is just metal flow and I see that the reverse is a bit weekly struck in the center – I don’t see any struck through error

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Thanks, so the clip caused the overall weakness on the horse? I didn’t know that what happens
when there’s a clip but, makes sense now. Thanks again

Jimnight

The coin is toning out nicely!

MedalCollector

It was weakly struck on a clipped planchet. The errors are not necessarily related, but is a combination that makes for a pleasant-looking error coin.

bearcave

I have a roll of them from 1999. I sent in 1 in 2003? and it scored a MS65. I sent 2 more in 2020 and they scored a MS65. All 3 were sent to PCGS.
A 1999 Delaware Quarter. Not a clipped planchet, a whole quarter.

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@GoldenEgg said:
It was weakly struck on a clipped planchet. The errors are not necessarily related, but is a combination that makes for a pleasant-looking error coin.

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Thanks very much for the entire explanation. I really do not collect errors. I used to roll hunt, etc....
years ago. Went into something I enjoyed more but I always wondered what the whole thing was about.

CaptHenway

Fred, I’m not sure. Washington’s spaghetti hair is pretty strong, but Rodney’s head and the horse’s head and shoulder are weak. Might be grease.

ricko

Interesting clip coin... The obverse has strong detail on the portrait...surprised at the weak central of the reverse. As mentioned above, could be grease. Cheers, RickO

silverpop

error coin

MedalCollector

@CaptHenway said:
Fred, I’m not sure. Washington’s spaghetti hair is pretty strong, but Rodney’s head and the horse’s head and shoulder are weak. Might be grease.

Notice how the metal that is within the lettering and design is built up against the outer walls of those incuse die elements. This suggests to me, that the metal was still flowing freely outward within the cavity between the planchet and the die during the strike, until impeded by the outer walls of those same design elements, causing the metal to build up there. However, due to lower-than-normal striking pressure, or even possibly a harder-than-normal planchet, these die elements did not fill completely.

As a side note, usually experts have used the reeding on modern reeded coins to help determine whether the error is a weak strike or a grease-filled die. Since this is not a dramatic enough error, the reeding will likely not be a reliable characteristic to determine what type of error this is.