Keith Dee

I have a couple other state quarters I’ll post when I get home and take better photos of them. Pretty much the same scrapes behind the devices on a couple Salt River Bay quarters. One with just light scrapes and another with heavier scrapes and pitting at the end of the scraps. On both quarters the scrapes match up. It’s kind of cool looking in hand. It looks like something exploded in the background of the design. I’m also wondering because these two quarters I’m mentioning have die chips on them that if those are die scraps and the chip off the die got struck through on the coins with the damage?

Yes I have it in a holder and plan on holding on to it until I find out more. Like I said someone has the same exact damage on a different state quarter and I strongly believe something at the mint caused it. From my understanding also strike throughs do carry a premium but only if it’s something you can tell that caused it and would take the shape of whatever it was that got struck through. Like a staple or a piece of cloth or thread. They carry even a higher premium if the objects still embedded. That’s just from what I’ve researched and I could be wrong but I’ve also herd and understand that a coins only worth what someone will pay for it. The person that had the same type of marking on his coin held on to it and posted it online for a reason such as mine. It’s an oddity and maybe someday in the distant future this will come out on what the cause is. Maybe it’s something that happens once every billion coins who knows lol. I’m holding on to it regardless if there is a premium for it. I’m not looking to strike it rich doing what I’m doing. To find a super rare coin would be awesome but only to have certified and put in a slab and put on display for me. Im not a find it and sell it on eBay type of person.

I guess pictures will never do coins any justice😂 There is no raised metal. It looks like the metal was melted. Kind of like a weld when you lay down a bead. Wavy melted medal inside the crevice if you will. If I didn’t see another posted with the same shape on the newer quarters like mine then I’d still be believing it to be regular damage. But I’m convinced it’s struck through but what I’m not sure. My best hope would be to keep researching and finding that other coin or another one like it and tell that person not to throw theirs out for simple damage if they haven’t already😂 Their post was from back in 2016 I believe.

These are the best I can do with this phone. Any closer and it just blurs out. The metal is smooth. No raised metal on the outside like you’d expect to see with something that been gouged out. That’s what drew my attention to it. Otherwise I would of took it for normal damage. It looked weird like someone took a soldering iron to it and melted the metal. This was suggested to me by someone on another coin site. I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to do that and leave no trace of any other damage in doing so. Like the metal turning color after applying such high heat. After doing some research I came across coins online with strike through damage. Most were in the shape of what ever was struck through like a staple or cloth. Then I seen one almost exactly like mine. The person believed it to be a piece of harden grease feel out of the die and got struck through. Not sure how he came up with his theory on this.

I’m not sure. I know very little how these things operate. I’ve just seen my first coin posted by someone else on another site. I believe it was Cointalk but I’m not certain. Anyway they said it was feeder finger damage. At the time I only had coin 3 in my possession. Then I came across coin 1 and 2 a week or two apart. These coins were found in different rolls weeks apart from each other. I think it’s amazing I was able to pair them up.

Sorry here’s the other coin

I’m not sure what to call this. Obvious feeder finger damage. I’ve also seen this posted somewhere else. Only with the same damage in the first pic. Not as extreme as the other two. But can a feeder finger cause the damage seen in the other two pics or did the die come down on it? I know the feeder finger damage happens pretty much common. But a die sticking the feeder finger more then once on the same quarters is this possible or am I looking at this the wrong way and it’s just feeder finger damage? Is this what’s called a progression error??

I held on to this quarter because I thought the damage looked odd. After doing research I came to the conclusion that it’s a struck through 2015 Saratoga quarter. I believe this because I’ve seen the exact same damage on another person’s state quarter in a forum which I wasn’t a part of so I couldn’t respond. His was a little more wider but the same shape in the exact same spot. I could of sworn it to be a picture of mine had it not been for the size. He believed it to be grease that caused the strike through. I guess my question is, has anyone here seen this kind of damage and what do you believe caused it. It has to be something fairly common seeing how I found someone with the same damage to his quarter. I just wish I was able to respond to his post. The funny thing is is I can’t find it again but it was from 2016 so I’m not sure if he’s still a member or responding had I been able to anyway. So please any and all thoughts on this would be helpful.

Wow I’m finally able to respond to these posts. Sorry for not responding sooner. There must of been a glitch with my account or your limited to how much you can post or reply on here because I couldn’t do either yesterday. Anyway yes I always wear my gloves when handling any coin circulated or otherwise. I do my best to hold them by the edge. Not so easy for me when taking pictures hence the reason for the gloves. I’ve bought a silver coin before under the impression it was “Gem quality” only to see whoever’s fat fingerprint on the obverse🙄 Luckily I didn’t pay top dollar for it. Coins I find and want to save get handled with kid gloves and put into a protector right away. I don’t clean them polish them or wipe them clean. I’m not worried that my coins aren’t grading quality or carries a premium. I still treat them like they are and do because some day it just might for my nephew.

I did and thanks. Sorry I just joined and seen he had the same question I did without learning how to start my own first. Sorry BJGamer for jumping in on yours but hey at least this way you can see what a unplated one looks like. At least that’s whats been determined thus far.

I’m just curious about the grading process and what gives a coin like this a grade of MS-65? Does a die crack void these of that kind of grade even though it’s common in these? Sorry once again if this is a dumb question but how are us dummies supposed to learn without asking them lmao.

Thanks for all the replies. Here’s some photos of the edge. Sorry if any of them are hard to see. Im working with a phone camera and I’m not the best photographer with these things lol. And also thanks for the advice on getting submitted or not. Obviously I’m just a newbie and just joined the ANA to learn more about coin collecting. I get direct submission with NGC through ANA so I’m a little excited about wanting to have some of my own coins slabbed. I’m more interested in collecting rare and error coins and not really sets of anything. I try to do my best and research before I ask to what some may consider a stupid question so bare with me if any come about. I have other coins I’ll be posting on here with questions so if any of yall remember me just let me know if a particular coin I post is something you’d send in for submission and I won’t keep asking if I should in every post😂 As for this gem I’ll just put her away with everyone’s advice and let my nephew decide on that in another 20 to 30 years. He’s only 3 but I still keep those blah coins and errors for him. Thanks again everyone.

Not looking for a grading per say but more of an authentication that this isn’t plated. If it looks good and genuine then maybe an opinion on if it would be worth having sent in to have graded and certified as an error with the large die crack on the reverse?

I’m assuming when it’s plated then the whole coin including the rim are the same color, Or will only Obverse and reverse take on a newer shiny appearance and the rim duller one? Sorry again I’ve never come across one so I don’t know how plating is done exactly.

Good then can you tell me if this one is? I got it in a roll I bought off eBay and was wondering how does one tell unless they’ve seen them first hand. It also has a die crack on the reverse. I’m assuming that’s common on steal pennies as well as the steal is a little more stronger material and not forgiving on the dies.

I don’t know much on the subject of errors but I would pass that off as post-mint and throw it back in the return pile. Nothing at the mint would cause that kind of damage. You could say it’s within the planchette but even so it wouldn’t carry much of a premium since it’s hard for the mint to detect those types of defects leaving the door. I personally wouldn’t hold on it but that’s your choice. Hell even I got a couple coins I know aren’t mint errors but look cool to me lol.