One Unique Eisenhower Dollar!!
Coin_Hunter
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So I’m fairly new to the hobby and don’t know much I’ll admit but I’m just starting out. Any ways has anyone seen a coin look like this? What would cause the unique markings? Has anyone seen this before if you have can you fill me in on some knowledge. It looks like a mint error to me because it’s so exact but I might me 100% wrong IDK. Is it worth it to send it in? Any info and guidance would be greatly appreciated thank you for the help 
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Looks like an advertising sticker on it. No added value, still worth a dollar.
bob
It's a gold seal that looks like it had some kind of printing on it.
You have to ask yourself, how could that happen at the mint? With an understanding of the minting process it becomes obvious that it couldn't.
That’s a sticker
You should definitely send that in for grading and keep a journal of the entire experience. You will get a very good education for the cost....
Ok so back story for the people that want to troll and feel the need to be rude. But what do expect from a group of people that deal with coins. Wish I had a gold seal for each one of you just like the one ☝️ shown so you can get your participation sticker and feel special. I asked a simple question this coin had been sitting in my grandmas coin collection for years when she passed it was given to my mom. I don’t have the coin in front of me nor in my possession. Yes I’m new to this and I have learned many new things and will keep learning things. I was simply asking because my mom doesn’t know anything about coins and what was given to her and what to look for. She’s 64 and can’t remember things so she sent me the photo and I posted it not paying all that much attention. I guess I don’t get my gold seal for excellence today. That’s fine with me. Ill be working on asking myself how could that happen at the mint? It’s done by machines that don’t mess up. Or strike on a brass planchet and not copper or zinc and everything that comes out is perfect. News flash if that was the case I would be in the wrong. Then again most your collection would be about the price of a box of new gold seals because everything is perfect from the mint so nothing holds a value for Mint errors and no one would be looking for MS 70 coins because they are all equal or a 1943 copper penny or 1955 double die or even make a huge deal out of o wait 2021 Pennies let alone my favorite. Die striking a nail or a 1943 penny struck on a experimental shell case planchet. Official PCGS. STATMENT look it up if you don’t believe me Clearly that couldn’t happen at the mint and get out in circulation My next question mr professor with bright new gold and shiny. Freshly earned shiny seal, can I get a gold seal now for asking myself how could that happen at the mint. Because that’s my understanding what happens during the minting process at times. It becomes obvious that it (-c-o-u-l-d-n-'t.-) new word 🚨 ( COULD) 🚨
You clearly don't understand the minting process, which is nothing to be ashamed of if you are a new collector, but you don't seem willing to learn or accept explanations that don't support your speculation.
You coin wasn't accidentally struck on some alternate planchet that did not exist at the mint. The other off-metal errors you mention have very understandable explanations for their existence.
Furthermore, it is very obvious from your own photo that the anomaly is sitting on the surface of a struck coin. Can't you see that yourself in the photo?
Real errors of all kinds do exist, but for each and every one of them there is an explanation for how they happened.
By the way, there are lots of examples of advertising stickers or decals on coins, most commonly older silver dollars. When the stickered ones get well worn they look sort of like yours.
Do you have a cat in the ouse?
@Coin_Hunter ... Welcome aboard. Your coin is not a mint error - it is a sticker added long after the Mint released the coin. I am sure if you examine the coin in hand, you will quickly see this. Cheers, RickO
To be fair, the OP asked a simple question that a couple helpful folks answered politely. A couple other folks got snarky and the OP got, understandably, miffed.
Unnecessary. You could just politely answer the question asked.
Your run on sentences and lack of paragraphs make reading and understanding what you write difficult.
I was able to read it quite easily. But even if I couldn’t have, to me, his offense wasn’t as bad as that of those who made fun of his initial post.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Welcome to the forum. I think your question has been answered that a sticker was applied to the item at some time. Sorry for the rough treatment by some. I hope you pick out the ones trying to help and offer positive advice. It appears your coin is a 1976 Quarter which was celebrating 200 years since American Independence. They were so plentiful they were used for so many advertising gimmicks of the day, such as stickers with some message or Ad on them. Good luck and I hope you continue with the hobby.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
The posted coin is a dollar, not a quarter.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Sorry for the error.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
To OP - you can soak your coin in pure acetone and that gold (sticker) will most likely come off and you will have a normal Ike dollar.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Welcome to the forum Coin_Hunter. You did get a couple of rather rude responses to your question that were unwarranted IMO. Certainly not sticking up for the rude posters, but will point out that this forum has been baited before by trolls (or alts) that come on here and have nothing better to do but waste people's time with inane postings... and some tend to lose patience with them.
Do stick around... this is the place to get the answers from the best in the field. And while you cannot do much about rude responses that do show up from time to time, you will quickly learn who the helpful reliable posters are and those who you can ignore.
BTW... I've always liked stickered dollars and have a few. Unfortunately when they become as worn as your example where the wording is gone, probably best to remove the sticker and you still have an Eisenhower dollar.
Yeah I’ll leave the coin how it is I know it’s not worth anything but face value. I don’t want to take any character away from it it will keep getting passed down with the other coins from my grandma. Plus I heard it’s never good to clean coins. Takes value away from the coin. I know it’s a dollar but I don’t it value to drop to 50 cents if I clean it real good. Lol that was a joke about cleaning
Correct...do not clean coins.
However, soaking a coin in acetone is one of the few things you can do with 100% certainty of not harming the metal.
You can also try a warm bath of water with a little gentle soap. Some gummy residue from the sticker may remain. Acetone would take care of that too.
Rinse well under water. A final rinse in distilled water is never a bad idea.
Lance.