Is it possible for a coin to have many errors????
Joker666
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If a coin has too many errors is there a chance that the coin won't be worth but face value. For example. The 2019 D quarter Massachusetts.
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Could you list the 'too many errors' that I do not see?
What are the errors on your example? We will wait for you to answer.
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I give up. What are the errors?
Add me to the list. Not seeing any.
Maybe there are so many errors that they cancel each other out? 😵💫
It is hard enough to find a coin with a single error let alone multiple errors which would be rare.
I see no errors on your quarter unless I’m missing something. What are you seeing?
What errors?
That would be more of a question for the designer of the coin 🪙
No errors. Move on.
Could I interest you in stamp collecting?
But, all semi-seriousness aside, those things are damage. If you would take some time to learn the minting process and then had to try to explain how an anomaly occurred within that process then you'd see that it couldn't be an error.
Shoulda waited for the weekend..
why would those be errors?
The only error that I see is the OP thinking that post mint damage is multiple errors on this coin.
Just a few days early for April fools day!
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What is the point of a post like this?
I think the OP is getting damage mixed up with errors.
Errors can only occur during the striking of the coin. Once it is ejected from the striking chamber,
anything that happens after that is called damage. Your quarter has nothing on it that could happen
when the coin was struck but has plenty of marks that happened afterwards so it is all damage.
Take the time to learn how coins are minted and save yourself time thinking that every anomoly is an error.
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Errors are problems that resulted during the minting of the coin. The things you are pointing out is normal circulation marks from getting mixed with other coins and handling. The coin is not in good enough condition to get certified unless you like wasting money or commemorating some event for yourself that you want to keep.
To answer the question in the thread's title: "Is it possible" for a coin to have a large number of different errors happening to it? Yes.
Is it "probable"? No.
I always use Occam's Razor when it comes to "errors" on coins: if a coin has multiple things "wrong" with it, then one should first assume that a single event has caused all of the things to appear, rather than assume multiple improbable events have happened sequentially in the making of a coin.
Example: can a coin be both off-centre and broadstruck? Yes, because that can be explained by a single event: the collar die breaking.
Can a coin have a "partial brockage" on both sides? No, because that involves a bizarre chain of coincidences requiring a brockage being made, then flipping, then another brockage. Such a coin is best explained by the single non-error event of being a vice job.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded the DPOTD twice.
Since the OP is so adamant that he has an error coin and doesn’t want to listen to any advice I would suggest that he submit said coin to PCGS and get back to this thread when he gets his results
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Now i'm really confused. Which is it ? 1. Era A fixed point, skipped in time, is reckoned. ( A new era. ) OR......... 2. Error- an act or condition of ignorant or imprudent deviation from a code of behavior.
- an act involving an unintentional deviation from the truth or accuracy posted.
why would those be errors