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Found CRH Aug 3, 2021 1970 Quarter Struck on Dime Stock!
arby96
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Hello all, wanted to share with you the 1970 Damaged Quarter struck on Dime Stock. It was a great find, just wish someone did't try to cut it in half. 
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Weight of a dime is 2.268 grams... so it is not struck on a dime planchet. Normal weight for a quarter is 5.67 grams, so probably due to underweight quarter planchet and normal wear.
The error is very common for this date, struck on dime stock (not a dime planchet).
The coin is so damaged, no error collect would want it IMO.
By Coin World article dated Feb 10, 2012 This coin was struck on Dime Stock.https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/determining-weight-essential-in-evaluating-wr.html
I'm a error collector and I am proud to want it and have it.
The confusion is between stock (the thinner metal rolled out to be used for dimes, but instead turned into quarters) and a dime planchet—a blank punched out and sized for a dime. You said it correctly, but since errors where the wrong blank is used are well known, I can see how it could be misread.
I remember finding one of these in circulation half a century ago. The fact that you found one now is great, regardless of condition!
It is a cool find for sure since you found it in the wild.
I found two of these raw. There are a lot of these out there.
A very nice find indeed!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
you get some good stuff from those rolls.
this error is the same error as the kennedy error on quarter stock. right diameter, but the metal it was punched from was rolled for a different an smaller denomination.
I'd be proud to have it too. As capthenway says, it is a great find for being so old.
arby96, confusion on my part. Thanks for posting the article, and a fantastic find for sure!
It looks like the planchet split during striking rather than someone damaging it.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
congrats @arby96 for that find
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