1965 quarter error? 0

[NickCartier]

I found this strange looking Washington quarter in pocket change the other day, to me it doesn't seem like normal wear use. Any ideas on it...

[Greenstang]

Welcome to the Forum

First you have posted this in the wrong Forum, maybe one of the mods can move it.

Secondly, that is just a well worn and circulated coin.  PMD. (Post Minting Damage) Worth face value.

It is only an error if it happens during the striking of the coin, anything else is classed as damage.

Edited September 4, 2019 by Greenstang
Correct typo

[VKurtB]

I've only seen one other coin that looked roughly like this, but of a different denomination. It had spent several days in a rock tumbler machine.

[NickCartier]

Thanks guys, maybe lemme try a better picture...

[VKurtB]

Okay, then a VERY long time in a stream or river with lots of "stuff" in it. Certainly no mint error. When you think about it, what is a rock tumbler? It is a machine that accelerates what happens in a stream.

Edited September 4, 2019 by VKurtB

[JKK]

I think it was soaked in an acidic cleaner and partly eaten away. Bet if you weighed it, you'd find it way underweight.

[Greenstang]

From that photo, I have to agree with JKK, been attacked by acid. Still PMD

[NickCartier]

It weighs 5.60 grams

[VKurtB]

What was the orange gunk on it in the first picture?

[Greenstang]

It is quit a bit on the light side. Should weigh about 6.3g. Lost weight due to acid etching.

[Conder101]

No a 1965 is clad and the spec weight is 5.67 grams.  It is still within tolerance.

[VKurtB]

IF the brown gunk was anything resembling good old fashioned soil, I'm still leaning toward a stream coin. Otherwise, acid is as good a choice as any. Except the remaining sharp obverse scratches bother me either way.

Edited September 5, 2019 by VKurtB

[Greenstang]

The scratches could have been applied after the coin was damaged. But no matter what the cause, it is PMD and not an error.