1893 Double-Strike Barber Quarter

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JohnnieBoy
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1893 Double-Strike Barber Quarter. Found at an estate sale. You can see the words (in reverse) of the next or previous coin stamped in.

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  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Badly damaged - not an error

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  • coinbuf
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    The words being in reverse should be a clue for you.

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  • johnny9434
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    Post mint damage and its butt fugly

  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Severe post-mint damage.

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  • jmlanzaf
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    Vise job or maybe just hit with a hammer. A double struck coin would have both images in the forward direction.

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  • jonathanb
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    edited June 2, 2026 10:53AM
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    @coinbuf said:
    The words being in reverse should be a clue for you.

    To give the OP credit, they got that clue on their own:

    @JohnnieBoy said:
    You can see the words (in reverse) of the next or previous coin stamped in.

    So they seem to understand that something happened first (original strike) and then something happened second (next or previous coin stamped in).

    It's unfortunate that they went off the rails after that.

  • MsMorrisine
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    coin beat together with something(s) after it was minted.

    you'd be lucky to get 80% of silver value for it since it's so severely damaged

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  • airplanenut
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    @ChrisH821 said:
    Also that's an impression from a dime and a wheat cent.

    An even rarer error!

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