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1982 D Washington Quarter Error?? Only 3.28 grams

taylor98taylor98 Posts: 12
edited January 19, 2018 5:41PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Can anyone help me correctly identify this Washington Quarter error?





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  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do not think that it is a genuine coin. Diameter is too small and it still has the edge reeds, all to go along with the fact that it is half the diameter of a genuine quarter. The design details are also way off. I will stand by that unless someone else has a better more convincing explanation. The only other thing I can think of is maybe it was in an acidic solution of some sort that ate away at the coin. If that is the case it is not an error, but severe damage.

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  • rottnrogrottnrog Posts: 683 ✭✭✭

    Not an error, acid dipped !!!

  • goodmoney4badmoneygoodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rottnrog said:
    Not an error, acid dipped !!!

    Agreed

  • OK, so the acid dipping someone had done actually removed the clad layer, flattened the coin and shrank its diameter, all the while keeping the detail and reeded edge? Very interesting. Heck I was gonna try to sell it on Ebay but this junk wouldn't sell for a quarter. Thanks all!

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Acid dip outside of the mint. no error.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Remember thst the acid eats away everything equally (more or less), so details and reeding remain. Interesting about the remaining outer layer. Maybe it was thicker there.

  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    Nitric acid reacts with copper more than any other acid and will not effect the outer clad layer as much as the inner core. Since the copper core is exposed on the edges, it ate away there first and slowly dissolved the layers until you have what you see. Interesting science project there, looks controlled but probably wasn't, stopped before the solution became diluted or the coin would simply just disappear.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Acid damage as others have posted.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a very interesting acid soaked coin.... maybe a science class experiment...or, just someone goofing around.... Good for the 'education box'...Cheers, RickO

  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks acid washed to me also but I am curious. How did the diameter of the Qtr shrink and still leave the reeded edge? The lettering is right next to the edge which would make one believe that the reeding would have been eaten off also.

  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It could be a beach find. My wife found similar stuff with a metal detector a few years ago on a beach.

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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 20, 2018 9:44AM

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