"bent" Rhode Island State Quarters from Mint Sewn Bag

HoshiShoju

So, I have a lot of people who come in the shop to buy state quarters. Because of this, I buy a LOT of Mint Sewn bags. It's nice, I get to search the bag looking for cool errors, and then sell them off. Anyway, I was searching a Sewn Bag of RI quarters that I recently accquired, and found a half dozen or so that are "bent" I use that term lightly because I don't know how it was done. There are contact marks, but the contact marks don't completely match the bending. It will match part of it, but there is no contact marks showing on the opposite side of the coin, and none showing to explain other "bends" in the coin. Has anyone ever seen this? Is there a way to prove that it was done at the mint (besides me knowing that they came from a sewn bag?)

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These are the best pics that I can get for now.

mgoodm3

Since the strike seems normal, I would suspect some sort of post striking damage.

HoshiShoju

And then the question becomes "what could do this without damaging the coin?"

mgoodm3

My only guess would be something heavy hit several of them while they were on edge (maybe in the bag to protect them a bit)

TorinoCobra71

<< <i>And then the question becomes "what could do this without damaging the coin?" >>



A pair of rubber tipped needle nose pliers?

TorinoCobra71