1st post.. pls go easy
Gas4cash
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I collected coins as a young boy.. stopped for about 40 years.. and recently changed careers, bought my own business after being in professional retail my whole life and now I’m happier than ever while exceeding customer expectations. I’ve got a bunch of coins I’ve come across and have 1 specifically that I haven’t been able to find any info on. It’s a 2004 Us state quarter, with the Florida side as expected and the Washington side completely missing..the coin weighs over 2.g Less than the normal 5.6 and it’s visually thinner… it’s as if the other side was never finished. Thoughts anyone? If I wasn’t supposed to post stiff like this pls forgive me and direct me towards where I may find some info?
Thanks for your time,
Jon
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Welcome to the forum, the general rule of thumb is that when asking about a specific coin, one must post pictures of it in order for anyone to give a meaningful opinion. Please post a clear photo of both the obverse and reverse (front and back), and make sure that the entire coin can be seen. You can drag and drop them into the post or use the attachment button at the top right.
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Howdy and welcome.
Without images it can be quite difficult to determine what is going on, but in this case you might ask yourself what could happen to a coin to make it substantially underweight and missing the details on one side? I think we can all guess that it has been sanded, buffed or ground down by someone after it left the mint and would be considered post-mint damage (PMD). Of course, images would help greatly.
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We cannot help you without photos. There are errors that resemble your description, but we need to see photos to check for other diagnostic features.
Welcome sir! As already indicated, we need pics to help out.
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Pictures will help a Bunch.
Sounds like someone getting creative with the quarter.
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I myself after 40 years with a company was thrown into going into business for myself.
It is, essentially, impossible for a coin to be struck with only one side. TO make a coin, you need to squeeze it between two dies. If one of the dies is missing, there's nothing to squeeze against and so nothing can be made, except a mangled mess that would look nothing like a coin struck only on one side.
By far the most probable explanation for both the reported weight loss and a missing side is that the coin was once a perfectly normal coin, which someone has sanded down, lathed or otherwise machined off the missing side. So, not a mint error.
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Thank you so for the warm welcome! I didn’t attach a pic, not to frustrate anyone but because u didn’t ever to break any rules my first post.
In the event this is a dud.. can I get the groups this on the 1982 small date heavy penny error?
The quarter has been machined down, possibly with a lathe. Not a mint error. Not sure what you're asking on the cent.
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Your cent is a large date and as such it is extremely common.
As has been mentioned, the quarter looks pretty obviously machined down after it left the Mint.
Also, if you are asking about an error on a coin like the cent it is far easier for anyone attempting to help you if you identify exactly what the error is that you think you see. Otherwise, folks will waste their time closely examining the coin in question or will simply close out the thread without attempting to help.
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To quote Tom's excellent comment from another thread:
My own, slightly less patient footnote: coin collecting is a fun hobby. Looking through pocket change for phantom errors seems less rewarding than collecting aluminum coins for recycling. If you like doing it, no problem, enjoy yourself! But posting it on this forum on an ongoing basis is a tremendous waste of time.
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See the “2” for the small date—
In the case of a 1982, as opposed to a 1982-D, it doesn’t matter if the composition is zinc or bronze
and/or if it’s a small date or a large date. The only combination of meaningful value from that year is the bronze 1982-D small date. And last I looked, there were fewer than three known.
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I appreciate everyone’s feedback. It isn’t my intent to post image after image.. it was those 3 items which I was anxious for information, valid information. I use my resources on this forum before I post
Welcome to the forum sir. I hope this is just the beginning of a long and happy experience in numismatics.
That’s great to hear, unfortunately our forum search feature is essentially useless, and we don’t expect that to change any time soon. What many of use do is use a normal Google search, followed by the words “collectors universe forum”.
For example, if you wanted to know about the 1972 doubled die variety, there are a myriad of threads about the subject but searching the forum would likely yield old irrelevant threads. In Google’s search field, you would type “1972 doubled die cent collectors universe forum” , and you would be led here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=1972+doubled+die+collecors+universe+forums&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
Separately, we only forewarn you about the frequent posting of pocket change because it’s such a common occurrence here, and doing so indicates that a member is unwilling to learn, and expects others to do all the work for them. Posting in such a manner will not help your credibility here, but contrarily, experienced members would eagerly help someone taking the initiative to make a conscious effort before posting. There are other “members” who have been posting the same ordinary pocket change for YEARS, and can not seem to grasp that concept.
As suggested, it would serve you well to learn the basics about the minting process, and focus on coins that already have known varieties. The likelihood of finding a discovery coin that hasn’t already been documented is slim to none. If your post has clear pictures of the entire coin, and you specifically tell us what error or variety that you think the coin may be, and what you’re seeing that led you to that conclusion, the feedback you receive will be a reflection of that (though some have an abrasive communication style no matter what), try not to take it personally
In fewer words, avoid making people work to understand your posts, because quality input yields quality output. It’s akin to the “give a man a fish…teach a man to fish…” idiom, and people here will be friendlier and more helpful . If you stick around, you will quickly see what happens in the opposite end of the spectrum…😅.
Here is a very informative thread for new members that lays out many other best practices, I’d encourage you to peruse this thread for some helpful tips.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1107307/newposters-read-this-before-posting#latest
Anyway, glad to see you found your way back to the hobby, we look forward to your continued participation here 🙂.
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@PeakRarities Dan, we need you and @TomB to copy and paste your excellent comments on all of these various posts as they come up going forward. Hope you're not busy!
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Looks like the coin was machined somehow to prepare for some kind of two-headed fake or a magicians coin.
What a well thought out and excellent post!
Thank you.
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Welcome aboard @Gas4cash
You've come to the right place to get answers to your inquires.
Photos of both sides of the coin always helps, and I see is that you provided the weight of the quarter which is a plus by mentioning it up front and without it having to be requested.
The more info that you can provide, always aides the heavy weights here identify what you have and how it occurred.
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