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Washington Quarters Illinois and Salt River Bay Errors?

First glance I said PMD! Then I noticed the distorted lettering on the Salt River Bay. The Illinois weighs 5.2 and the Salt River 5.4, the picture with the coins flattened out, shows a weird taper on the Illinois ( coin on right is a normal States coin) The only thing close on error Ref was Die Deterioration Deformation Error. So I’m reaching out for further education please!


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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your first impression was correct – they’re damaged after being in circulation

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,346 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Brutally damaged.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

    to much corrosion ,pmd, fwiw

  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like there is some heat damage. Definately PMD.

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Trust your first impression here.

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coin_Rookie said:
    First glance I said PMD! Then I noticed the distorted lettering on the Salt River Bay.

    That's an excellent thing to notice. Now, describe how lettering could be distorted in the minting process in a way that matches the distortion you see here.

    When you find something that is not possible in the normal minting process, you have already determined that it cannot be an error.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There has been a lot of modern quarters lately with heat damage. Someone may be experimenting trying to separate the layers. Just a thought.
    Jim


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