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ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 9, 2024 4:25AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I saw this while counting up yesterday, it really stood out. I dropped it on the counter and it has a similar ring to a normal quarter, but it has that counterfeit look to it. Hard to imagine that someone would bother to counterfeit a modern quarter. What do you think?

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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 15,420 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty cool! I for one would say,not counterfeit but odd.probably just a worn die,pretty common,except the reeds missing?image

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  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are occasional hints of reeds on the edge
  • 66Tbird66Tbird Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭
    A hard life at the arcade.
    Need something designed and 3D printed?
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A hard life at the arcade. >>



    image or even possibly artificially worn in a rock tumbler.

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  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that a possible incomplete clip?
    3 rim nicks away from Good
  • DavideoDavideo Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭
    I would vote artificially worn somehow.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,039 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>A hard life at the arcade. >>



    image or even possibly artificially worn in a rock tumbler.

    image >>



    I would say tumbled.
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hard life for that two bits

    not normal wear, pmd
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Probably has been through a tumbler
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,186 ✭✭✭✭✭
    omg, thats seen its better day ( how ever it got that way )
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dryer.
  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,861 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dryer. >>



    Agree. As in stuck in the dryer and not noticed until several loads later.

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  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Dryer. >>



    Agree. As in stuck in the dryer and not noticed until several loads later. >>



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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yup, a dryer coin.
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,858 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Toss it on eBay, sit back and watch the Lowballers work themselves into a frenzy!!!

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    I'd be a buyer!
    I like the look of it no matter how it got to where it is.

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Toss it on eBay, sit back and watch the Lowballers work themselves into a frenzy!!!

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,893 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Toss it on eBay, sit back and watch the Lowballers work themselves into a frenzy!!!

    image >>


    And a frothy one at that.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...clothes dryer.....gentle cycle. image
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,186 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yeah tough life over in afganistan image
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just bought it!
    On its way to PCGS within the next few days. . .

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  • ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just bought it!
    On its way to PCGS within the next few days. . . >>



    Whats the worst they could do.......gennie it for
    artificial wear?
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,490 ✭✭✭✭
    Counterfeiting copper nickel clad coins can get very expensive since the technique used to create the clad strip is proprietary and expensive.

    But thats just my opinion.
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is just an unusual form of wear.

    There are probably thousands of things that can cause it but essentially it's the result of
    countless thousands of small impacts that cause the metal to deform rather than to abraid
    or slough off. It's like being beaten by many tiny hammers.
    Tempus fugit.
  • kookoox10kookoox10 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭
    Probably swallowed up by a kid, and six months later finally showed up after passing through nature's system.
  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    looks like a casino quarter.
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm gonna guess Altered Surfaces (acid)

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. Eight different ways this coin to the point it is now. That's what I love about these threads. Everyone's opinion and then there is PCGS the final word).

    peacockcoins

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,365 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow. Eight different ways this coin to the point it is now. That's what I love about these threads. Everyone's opinion and then there is PCGS the final word). >>



    So, it's been a few days already....got it graded yet? image

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey, i'ma fool, but not a "express-grade-got-to-have-my-results-today" fool.

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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hey, i'ma fool, but not a "express-grade-got-to-have-my-results-today" fool. >>



    Braddi-- that was comical.image

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