1973 Washington Quarter Error
Golden1
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I am 99.99% sure this is an error. The coin appears to be flattened from the stamping process, The coin is smooth semi-shiny with very little to no wear from circulation. This was not done in a change machine or by someone after the mint. It looks like a new coin in hand.
What would you call this type of error, 'broad strike?
Pictures don't do it justice. Do you see any value to this?
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It’s damaged, I’m sorry to say, and it’s not an error coin of any kind or type
Don't believe @FredWeinberg , he's retired. Send it to PCGS and get it graded!
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Then it was damaged at the mint. The obverse has mint luster semi mirror finish, no scuffs or scratches.
The reverse details are flattened with no scratches or scuffs.
All the details are smooth like it had come from the mint.
Like I said, the pictures don't do it justice.
I would be glad to send it to you for your assessment.
Were there Wawas with paved parking lots in 73?
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Your coin is very obviously Post Mint Damage.
You need to learn about the minting process, and you need to learn to be more open to the opinions of the experts, such as the one whose assessment you challenged above.
Until he recently retired, he was the person at PCGS who would have reviewed your coin had you submitted it. He has saved you maybe $100 in grading and associated fees (assuming you were already a member of PCGS and had submission privileges).
The damage could have occurred any time after it was minted.
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Like I said, I will send it to Fred, no charge to him. He can look it it and verify it's what he says. Worse case Fred has a damaged quarter at no cost to him. If some how it is an error, Fred can do what he wants with it.
I am being facetious. Easy to see what it is not.
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You could shoot pictures of it with a 500MP Hasselblad and it's still going to be simple post mint damage, and a lot of it.
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@Golden1 "Worse case Fred has a damaged quarter at no cost to him."
Hey @FredWeinberg now that you are retired you could use the extra income.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1074462/psa-thread-for-new-members-who-think-they-might-have-a-mint-error
Damage!
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I just threw it in the garbage. You guys can save all your jokes and rude comments for another day.
That sure looks like blazing mint luster to me!
You may be 99% sure it is a mint error, but I am 100% sure it is post-mint damage.
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Help me understand the mindset of someone who comes here supposedly looking for opinions and then gets all butthurt when they receive them. You had the guy who literally wrote the book on errors tell you it isn't one, several advanced collectors and at least one 34-year full time dealer told you the same thing, yet you still choose to pout about it instead of thanking them for saving you money in fees.
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Could be an example of modern HAMMERED coinage.
Guess your convictions weren't that strong after all. Throwing it in the garbage? You could have at least used to to jam up a vending machine or something like that. There is no way that coin could look "new in hand" unless under the influence of something.
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That's the one option I would never have suggested.
This is another of what I call a BATH coin: Beaten All To Hell.
You might not.
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@Golden1 ... That is 100% Post Mint Damage (PMD). Fred Weinberg is a leading expert on errors, and prior to his recent retirement, was THE authority at PCGS. There are several other experts here that are telling you the same thing. If you still doubt it, send it in. Cheers, RickO
Worthless thread. Another.
I don't know what that coin ever did, but while your photos may not do it justice, it seems like justice has been served and that coin has more than paid its debt to society.
Hope this provides you old geezers with some more fun, between turning the hose on the neighbor kids for stepping on your grass. Someone had to work on this coin in a shop to get it to look like that.
Yeah, still just a damaged quarter.
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Maybe if you'd set aside your age-ist bigotry you'd learn a few things.
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All errors and varieties can by explained as to how they occur during the minting process. Many of the the responses you received are from people who are knowledgeable of that process and are telling you that what you have can't occur. There are an almost infinite number of ways for a coin to be damaged after it left the mint, but only a limited number of ways an error can occur.
Can you provide an explanation as to how you think this might happen?
Looks like something I did when I was a kid.............like Sid! 🤣 😅
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Pretty sad that member @Golden1 has been a member here since 2007 and has learned so little.
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I don't care about the coin. I have learned a lot here. That many of the people here are not nice guys. I wouldn't recommend young people to get into this hobby if they have to deal with people like you.
Shame, because I met so many nice people at shows, just not here.
Why, indeed, that's right! Someone had to work on the coin in a shop! As opposed to, you know, the Mint screwing up.
Definitely looks like "cut" marks from 12 to 2.
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Before really believing that, maybe you need to look hard in the mirror. Based on your responses here, you should throw the first stone at that mirror. Damn.
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I cannot help but wonder if you bought this coin from one of those "nice" people at a show.
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post mint damage i get those in change every once in awhile
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PMD
And during which part of the minting process do you think this occurred?
Great visual on how this happened