Dented quarter

notlogical · April 30, 2005 1:14AM

My Mom found this quarter and we don't know what could have made the dents in it. They are small and really round. Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks!

baccaruda · April 30, 2005 1:21AM

Looks like the work of a BB gun to me.

Dennis88 · April 30, 2005 1:27AM

A perforator? Are you sure it's a coin and not some paper? Otherwise it isn't a perforator

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Dennis

notlogical · April 30, 2005 1:32AM

<< A perforator? Are you sure it's a coin and not some paper? Otherwise it isn't a perforator

)

Dennis >>

It's a real quarter. Hard to imagine a BB gun being strong enough to make a dent in it.

notlogical · April 30, 2005 3:18AM

<< Looks like the work of a BB gun to me. >>

I just asked my mom if I could try it and see if it looks the same but she said, "No, you'll shoot your eye out".

ibzman350 · April 30, 2005 3:27AM

<< 

<< Looks like the work of a BB gun to me. >>

I just asked my mom if I could try it and see if it looks the same but she said, "No, you'll shoot your eye out".

>>

Herb

mrpaseo · April 30, 2005 3:55AM

A die tap or a Ball Pin hammer.

Next mystery please.

Ray

cladking · April 30, 2005 3:56AM

There's an interesting story here but I haven't figured it out yet. Shotgun pellets
do just about this amount of damage from sixty or seventy feet, but I don't believe
that's whar caused it. The middle damage (lowest on obverse) is pushed in from
both sides as though it were held with a tool and then hit on both the obverse once
and the reverse. There may have been some point to this.

notlogical · April 30, 2005 4:03AM

<< There may have been some point to this. >>

We thought so too! The dents are a little smaller than a BB.

Baley · April 30, 2005 4:06AM

No, it's a BB gun, there are plenty strong enough. I can't put a number on the quarters I shot as a kid 20 years ago... that might even be one of mine! I was a pretty good shot with my Daisy Powerline pistol at 20 yards.

cladking · April 30, 2005 5:04AM

<< No, it's a BB gun, there are plenty strong enough. I can't put a number on the quarters I shot as a kid 20 years ago... that might even be one of mine! I was a pretty good shot with my Daisy Powerline pistol at 20 yards. >>

I'm sure you're right that a BB could have done the damage but it doesn't
account for it being hit on both sides in nearly the exact same place.

Baley · April 30, 2005 6:34AM

After hitting the coin once, I'd turn it over so I'd know which was the second shot.

I think I remember this coin!

notlogical · May 1, 2005 12:09AM

<< After hitting the coin once, I'd turn it over so I'd know which was the second shot.

I think I remember this coin!

>>

btmoore9 · May 1, 2005 12:19AM

TOOOOOO strange!! I just got a quarter as change the other day that has BIG SIMILARITIES...I will scan it in now and post it when I am done so you all can see............

tmot99 · May 1, 2005 12:23AM

I received a quarter in change yesterday too, but it didn't look like this. It almost looks clipped but the details on both obverse and reverse look smooshed in.

Was yesterday strange quarter day?????

notlogical · May 1, 2005 12:43AM

<< TOOOOOO strange!! I just got a quarter as change the other day that has BIG SIMILARITIES...I will scan it in now and post it when I am done so you all can see............ >>

<< I received a quarter in change yesterday too, but it didn't look like this. It almost looks clipped but the details on both obverse and reverse look smooshed in.

Was yesterday strange quarter day????? >>

btmoore9 · May 1, 2005 12:51AM

Here's mine

tmot99 · May 1, 2005 1:34AM

Here is my quarter from yesterday...

mrpaseo · May 1, 2005 1:40AM

<< Here is my quarter from yesterday...

>>

Possibly dropped from a high place with a little spin to it to keep it on edge. Or maybe thrown from a high place... If this was not done at the mint, it looks to me like the coin hit something pretty hard right on it's edge... How does the coin look from the side (Edge) is the coin wavy at all?

Ray

mrpaseo · May 1, 2005 1:41AM

It also looks like it was caught in a counter or something as the edge looks like it has some ware around after the damage was done.

Ray

tmot99 · May 1, 2005 2:18AM

This coin lies flat like I would expect of a regular quarter. Very strange.

Edited to add, that I'm not trying to hijack the thread, just posting pictures to prove I wasn't making up the strange quarter day...

LindeDad · May 1, 2005 2:38AM

Quarters at fifty feet are interesting targets. At that distance you will just knock them over. At ten feet you will leave nice dents like you have. And yes you can reuse them.

cladking · May 1, 2005 7:52AM

The '84-P appears to have been repaired. It was probably hit with a hammer
but then bent and filed so it would go through a coin counter. Most banks will
not redeem coins which don't go through the counter. They are supposed to
be returned to the customer. The fed doesn't handle much coin anymore and
never was very quick to pull money out of circulation for destruction. The dam-
aged coins are becoming an increasinly familiar sight with more than 20% of
the old quarters being numismatic culls or otherwise severely damaged.

btmoore9 · May 1, 2005 8:02AM

Cladking...the one I showed......the outer rim is completely smooth....is that just from wear and tear I assume?

btmoore9 · May 1, 2005 8:10AM

Here's a picture....it's not bent like it looks.....I was holding it with my hand and I got a little shakey so it looks bent

cladking · May 1, 2005 8:22AM

If the entire rim is smooth on the '66, then it's likely from wear and tear. This
is not unusual on these coins. Many of the coins from this era were very lightly
hit by the dies, so often the edges and rims were not well defined to start with.
Note the weak strike.

It appears this coin was soldered to something and the raised spots on the ob-
verse are caused by the bonding separating when it failed under the heat of
solder. The cause of the other damage is less apparent but likely happened
when it was being used for another purpose.

If the edges are primarily smooth just at ten o'clock and four o'clock then it may
have been hit with a hammer soundly or crushed a little in a vise.

carl · May 1, 2005 8:27AM

The only way to know for sure is to have your dad buy you a pump type BB/Pellet gun. Then you can experiment with BB's and pellets. If they wont let you use the BB's because they bounce all over the place, try the pellets. There is a large variety of them available and some have points that could leave dents like that.
NIce work writting on the pictures. You really know how to work these computers. Actually there are some warping programs that could produce simailar photos.

btmoore9 · May 1, 2005 8:29AM

Thanks cladking

66Tbird · May 1, 2005 8:59AM

I vote BB. Done it to a hundred bucks in change at least.

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