OK, is this a quarter on a dime planchet? Pics included.

mrpaseo

I know it is warn from circulation but check out the pics and let me know whatyou think.







The third picture is the one that convinced me, the one on the right is a uncirculated specimen, the one ont he left, is that thickness the whole way across, not just on the edges.

What do you think this is?

A value?

Ray

lathmach

No, not from a dime planchet.
It couldn't be full size like that.
Could be from strip that was squeezed too thin like at the end of the roll.

Ray

TomB

I agree that I think there is too much coin there to be from a dime planchet although I must admit my near total ignorance on errors. Here is an image of a Washington on a dime planchet from Ken Potter's site.

goose3

maybe it's some sort of foreign planchet?

mrpaseo

lathmach-I'm going to have to go with you on this one. TomB, Thank you fo rthe link, I agree with you also.

Goose, I'm not sure of any foreign coins with the copper and nickle clad, maybe but it looks like US quarter or dime stock to me. Next step is to get it weighted. Then maybe off to anacs as suggested by a forum member.

Ray

Thank you all for your responces.

mrpaseo

Any thoughts on this one today?

Thanks,
Ray

cdmead

Turned down on a lathe in an attempt to make a button.

GaCoinGuy

A nickel planchet maybe? That would be closer to the right size and if the blank was perfectly centered would spread out thin like that?

Okay, so I'm grasping here, but that is an interesting 25c

cladking

It doesn't look right. If it were a quarter on dime stock it would not work in
vending machines so would not circulate. Since it is heavily circulated it makes
me think it was altered. My guess is that it weighs about 5.5 grams if lighter
than 5 grams than I might believe it's not altered.

windwhispersintrees

1. Wrong planchet? No. As noted, a dime planchet is much smaller than a quarter. If it was wrong planchet error, the Washington design would be partially missing, as in the photo given in one of the links.

2.Wrong stock? No. If dime stock was made into quarter size planchets, and then minted using quarter dies, you'd still end up with a complete looking quarter. You wouldn't get missing designs around the edges on each side. It'd just be thinner than a normal quarter, and not just thinner at the edges. If you weigh it, I'd guess it'll be somewhere just below the weight of a normal quarter.

The design looks fully struck. The letters don't splay wide at perimeter like they'd do if struck on a tapered thickness planchet. The coin has heavy wear....it'd be unusual for a coin to circulate with this "error", especially given it's high visibility and that it won't work in vending machines.

Conclusion is that a circulated quarter was deliberately damaged. It's an altered coin.

kyleknap

Someone else posted a link a while back to the guy that does this. Some magnetic thing, seriously "shrinks" coins. (for a price)

Kyle

rich

Looks like the rims didn't form up.Not much reeding either.It Could be wear and tear.Could it be struck out of the collar?The weight will give us a clue.Where's Dog97 when we need him?

Dog97

I think Rich is probably right. Struck on a Type 1 planchet is the most likely cause. Without the rims to protect the design it wore more quickly than normal. If so, it would be worth about $5-$10 in uncirculated condition.

Conder101

If it was struck on a type 1 blank it would be slightly larger in diameter than a normal quarter since it would not fit in the coining chamber and therefor be broadstruck. If it did manage to actually get into the collar then the reeding would be present.

JeffinMich

Ray - I found one like this a while back. Looked VERY similiar to yours, especially on the edge shot, where it was mostly copper. I concluded (perhaps incorrectly) that is was accelerated wear and tear, perhaps as Dog mentioned (no rim to protect it), and I tossed the coin back in circulation.