Post Mint damage?

morgansforever

Or was it part of the striking process? The area in question is @ 9 o'clock.
One dealer said it looked like a dropped B. What exactly is a dropped B?

lasvegasteddy

looks like a dropped "R" in reverse
sweet lil example
no clue on pmd or not

ctf_error_coins

It does not look incused to me. is it? If not it is Not a dropped letter.

morgansforever

Maybe it's an R. sorta looks like it.
Pat, can I get an R

EDIT: Wht is a dropped letter?

ctf_error_coins

<< <i>Maybe it's an R. sorta looks like it.
Pat, can I get an R

EDIT: Wht is a dropped letter? >>



It is when a die filled letter falls from the die and gets struck into a coin.

Here is an example: Extremely rare

commoncents05

Looks like a lamination.

-Paul

jesbroken

I agree with Teddy. Nice coin and cool error.
Jim

morgansforever

<<It is when a die filled letter falls from the die and gets struck into a coin.>>

Ahhhh I see, so it's pressed into the coin making it incused not raised.
In your example a G fell from the die, landed on the blank quarter planchet
and was incused into the quarter, interesting. Thanks for the info.

ctf_error_coins

Your welcome.

I'm in the lamination crowd btw.

goodmoney4badmoney

To me it looks like a defect in the planchet before the strike. There looks to be a raised lump of metal on the rim, and the rest of it may have been similarly raised before the strike, but the force of the die squashed it down. I don't think it's a dropped letter.