American Memorial Park W quarter Error?
Robot1010
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Hello all. I usually see striation lines on improperly annealed quarters. I chose these photos to highlight what's going on with the coins unusual color. What are your thoughts on this one? Thanks in advance for any info
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The first one is artificially toned, the second one looks like some dark toning but I can't tell for sure with those pictures.
Coin Photographer.
all coins with roller marks are not necessarily improperly annealed.
the top one is definitely aftermarket coloring.
I'll let the error collectors comment on the bottom 2.
I was thinking the same but how do we account for the colors in the striations? If someone did this at home bravo! The obverse has corresponding striation lines by the motto. W quarters aren't rife with striation lines to where someone takes one and heats it up or applies their chemicals. That I know of at least. It does look like AT but then what about the lines? Thanks for helping me figure this out. I love a good mystery
The first coin has no striations, they are just toning streaks.
Coin Photographer.
Striation lines are consistently on improperly annealed coins. Especially quarters from the Denver mint. From what I've seen recently
A different look at this one
Thanks FlyingAl. Toning streaks are new to me. Please explain. I haven't even bought any acetone yet
Was this altered?
When the coin was artificially toned, the colored toning appeared as streaks and you thought they were striations because of how they looked (streaked). A striation would generally run underneath devices.
Coin Photographer.
I'll start with I could be wrong here. Looking at the rays from the girls head they look to be sunken into the coin in some parts. All the coins posted have this apparent anomaly. I don't think that can be faked
Call me crazy but these are all obvious mint errors. To me. I'll update when graded
Hoo boy.
Hope you like em. I sure do. Didn't have to wait 50 years for this toning
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm still learning here
Not here looking for a fight. I like the back and forth relating to coins. Hopefully my coin enthusiasts feel the same
All part of the learning process
Your American Memorial will come back either environmental damage or artificial toning.
Even if it was improperly annealed it's just damaged now.
@Robot1010.... Nothing of numismatic value on those coins... AT and minor striations.... Cheers, RickO
Thanks for the info