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Calling on error experts. Strike through?

Several years ago I purchased an uncirculated roll of 1958 quarters. Several of the quarters, about 10-15 of them, had an area to the left of Washington’s head, in the field, with a concave shape. The shape was slightly different on each quarter. At the time, I believed it was something stuck to the obverse die that changed shape with each strike. I put them away and forgot about them and I am not sure where most of them are store now. However, I did come across a couple of them today. They are hard to image but I gave it my best shot. Is this a strike through error? If so, how did it happen, given the history? Thanks for looking



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  • silviosisilviosi Posts: 458 ✭✭✭

    What show the reverse?

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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭✭

    It does appear to be a struck through something

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  • dlmtortsdlmtorts Posts: 742 ✭✭✭

    Here are pics of the reverse.



    And here is another coin from the same original roll with a strike through in the same area. Again, it is concave. Hard to show that in my images.



  • Clackamas1Clackamas1 Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 23, 2023 10:00PM

    My gut says no, y0u should not have a raised rim into the fields.

  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Struck through grease. ;)

  • MedalCollectorMedalCollector Posts: 1,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, a small strike through would be correct! Typical appearance for a small bit of mint “grease”.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It does appear to be a strike through.... grease or retained crud on the die... Cheers, RickO

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