19tommy78

Yes sir ! Thank you for the input.

On 5/2/2021 at 6:30 AM, cladking said:

You might be surprised at the number of coins that fall through the cracks to be lost in and then fall out of automobiles.  One of the reasons for high mintages is to replace the coins lost in millions of recycled cars year after year.  Even at car washes there are millions of coins getting sucked up in vacuums or washed into drains.  Coins accumulate under conveyors that feed or empty incinerators.  Numbers are just staggering.  At the auto recyclers the cars are handled very roughly and a few coins often fall out.  Most are undamaged or just scratched but many are severely damaged.  By various means these coins get back into circulation or they accumulate in buckets at banks.  Any time you buy medals, tokens, or coins by the pound you might see these.  Now days even a quarter might not be worth the trouble of repairing but you'd be surprised how quickly a lightly damaged dime like this one can be repaired well enough to actually circulate.  It's just a couple quick blows with a hammer to flatten it back out and then a file to remove anything protruding outside its proper diameter or above the correct thickness.  This coin was done very poorly.  Instead of spending half a minute it was just ground down.   But this dime did not acquire the filed rims naturally and probably not inadvertently.  Someone just wanted to get it in a roll.  Maybe he had 49 dimes and was hellbent on finishing the roll.  

It's not impossible that there are other mechanisms by which this dime appears as it does but the odds are highest that it was damaged inadvertently in a car shredder and then repaired poorly.  Freak accidents and misadventure befall coins every day but some "accidents" are to be expected or are commonplace.  It is interesting such a late date dime is dark and worn but this is not so unusual.  It didn't get the wear after it was damaged and it was dark before it was "fixed".  

ty so much. ty everyone.

9 hours ago, RWB said:

Damage to your dime was produced external to the US Mint in Denver.

Modern Schuler MRH coin presses do not use "feeder fingers" like the old Ulhorn-type toggle presses.

thank you. May i ask another question? how come I'm finding some many with almost the damage?. 

1 hour ago, Oldhoopster said:

As others have said, your coin was damaged after it left the mint.  It wasn't struck on a feeder finger (easy to confirm by weight and composition), nor struck through one.

Here us link with an explanation.  Compare your coins to the pics.

http://www.error-ref.com/stk_thru_feeder_finger/

 

 

ty for this site. really cool. reading. thanks for everyone's help.  I'm obsessed with these coins. all because I find out whats doing this or who.. I have a total of 6 of them..

how you doing I am looking for a expert on finger feeder  mint machine and the damage it causes to coins.  that's I need an expert on the on the subject when it comes to this machine. it seems like there's not enough people that's has knowledge about this machine. so if I can find somebody you can help me out and give me the knowledge about it I can probably do a little bit more with my education on coins I post a picture of what i believe to be feeder finger damage. 

1 hour ago, Quintus Arrius said:

[Permit me to add, you are now the undisputed King -- not of injury to coins -- but of the run-on, one-liners.]😉

Thanks lol. I guess I'll show this other one in a later time lol.  

4 minutes ago, Coinbuf said:

No not a wounded eagle, no not a cheerio dollar.  There is such a thing as google search you should try it sometime; the information you seek is just a few keystrokes away.

I have . Excuses me for not knowing and thinking this was a site to seek knownage. My bad. . 

Sure is. . I keep getting these coins.

I need to get better equipment. Even though Obama phones are better in my phone LOL.

So what do you think about this one is that the wounded eagle or isn't it I found this the other night so if you need better pictures I'll be glad to send them I'm still trying to figure out the cheerio thing if somebody would explain that to me please.

I was handed this the other night in change. Not quite sure what it is I looked up and start reading a bunch of stuff on on this site I read about the strikethroughs and this and that so I'm not even I'm still wondering about that but I'm trying to figure out what what that is after spending some money and like very bad turnout of wasting money again all I can come up with is one image that is a head am I wrong or right is it worth anything does anybody know anything about this thing or should I just junk it.

What do you guys think of this penny?. Do you think this penny is worth $50.00 ? This penny was offered to me by a ex co-worker.

   Just don't want to make a bad call again. And lose more money..

And by the way. Thanks for all the help you guys gave me. I did walk away with some knowledge. That's why I'm here before I make a bad call.. .

Well ty. I feel like a dumb . Been holding on to these for along time..  even had to sell this at one point and said no. .thanks everyone for the help. .I'll leave with this my coin that got me collecting..

So the mint didn't that 8 on his neck ? 

Well took the quarter. And showed a jeweler friend of mine. He let me use his equipment. I looked at it for a good hour. So did he and his wife. We wrote down what we saw. Then we read them at the same time. We saw the same thing. There's 3 large triangles  where the tall pointed parts are pointing towards the middle. There is a large arrow on the left side of coin. 2 different heads. And what looks like a mail stamp. the lines turned out to be the outer edges of the triangles and the stamp . My friend and his wife showed me the difference in scapes and scratches compared to something be pressed.  All these things have been pressed. Do I sent the quarter off.HopefullyNGC will take care of my baby. Also thanks for the help from everyone.  And to acouple of haters . I am a collector. But I am more of a treasure hunter.  Not trying to sit in my house at 45 saying look at my shinny Penny's.. just saying.. but having what looks like the first error for particular coin . Yea I will settle for that.. goodnight

22 hours ago, Modwriter said:

There are 2 sets of intitials on the reverse of the 2020 American Samoa quarter. Never noticed before.

• Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Medallic Artist
• Designer: Richard Masters, Artistic Infusion Program

The wing. If u look at it has one long looking finger between the nail and the knuckle. There's a g or some thing. Hang let me see if I can a better pic this phone is boo boo.

56 minutes ago, Modwriter said:

There are 2 sets of intitials on the reverse of the 2020 American Samoa quarter. Never noticed before.

• Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill, Medallic Artist
• Designer: Richard Masters, Artistic Infusion Program

The wing. If u look at it has one long looking finger between the nail and the knuckle. There's a g or some thing. Hang let me see if I can a better pic this phone is boo boo.

37 minutes ago, Woods020 said:

I can’t tell a ton by the pictures, but some of them are bag marks. I’ve been searching a lot of quarter rolls lately and the new issues are consistently beat up. Bag marked, rolling machine marked, etc.... Just because the lines don’t go all the way across doesn’t mean anything. Think about how other quarters could hit it in the huge bags they store and weigh them in. 

I would agree with you but wouldn't explain the letter stamped right above the fingernail

From what I read there's no error to be found on this coin I happen to get in some pocket change I looked at it I thought okay some simple scratches but they didn't go all the way across and see any damage but the high tops so I blew it up and I cannot figure out what it was with the same hit by have fun

It's got this dime. I can't figure it out two days now I've been trying to get answers on this is it a a strike error is it what is it has anybody seen this before it's driving me crazy can somebody please help me.