Pretty sure it was listed in Spadone's early variety books.
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@CaptHenway said:
Pretty sure it was listed in Spadone's early variety books.
Just what I was thinking! Listed as a backwards R, perhaps.
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Silver Quarters are pretty common to have die cracks on the obverse. Why? Maybe the obverse die was the hammer die and was exerting the most pressure during the strike??? And those die cracks would actually be classified as "Varieties" as there were many produced off of the cracked die before it was changed.
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Looks like a die crack to me....Cheers, RickO
Yeah, a die crack.
Have you seen this particular one before?
No.
I am also saying a die crack under the "9" but PMD on the neck line.
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Another vote for die crack. Neat error but no added value.
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Yes, agreed. The crack becomes 3 cracks above the "9".
{ The crack becomes 3 cracks above the "9".}
Oh yeah, didn't notice that until you mentioned it.
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Crack.
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I backwards R 54
Nice crack!
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Pretty sure it was listed in Spadone's early variety books.
I have one of Spadone's book. I'll look.
Die crack IMO.
Sure enough. It's listed in Spadone. No picture but there is a picture of the same crack on a 1956 Quarter.
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Which edition of Spadones book do you have?
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Just what I was thinking! Listed as a backwards R, perhaps.
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Die crack
I can remember stuff like that. Just don’t ask me what I had for dinner last night!!!
Silver Quarters are pretty common to have die cracks on the obverse. Why? Maybe the obverse die was the hammer die and was exerting the most pressure during the strike??? And those die cracks would actually be classified as "Varieties" as there were many produced off of the cracked die before it was changed.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"