Can someone tell me what the heck happened here haha 1 1

[Harold Biswick]

South carolina quarter mint P 

[Harold Biswick]

[J P M]

It looks like it went for a ride in a dryer.

[Harold Biswick]

Maybe yea but I've never seen a dryer do this damage before 

[Harold Biswick]

Newbie so I might be asking dumb questions but 🤷‍♂️

Edited July 6, 2022 by Harold Biswick

[Greenstang]

Just a badly damaged quarter. This could have happened in a number of ways but it doesn’t’t really matter how.

Damage is damage.

[Harold Biswick]

Yeah I thought it was so cool because his face wasn't stamped all the way 🤣

[zadok]

...cement mixer comes to mind....

[Oldhoopster]

On 7/6/2022 at 7:26 AM, Harold Biswick said:

Yeah I thought it was so cool because his face wasn't stamped all the way 🤣

But his face was completely struck. Then somebody abraided the surfaces and removed the metal after it left the mint.  All of the fine  scratches tell you that this coin did not leave the mint in that condition

[Just Bob]

On 7/6/2022 at 6:20 AM, Harold Biswick said:

Maybe yea but I've never seen a dryer do this damage before 

 

 

Do you work on commercial clothes dryers?

[Oldhoopster]

On 7/6/2022 at 7:20 AM, Harold Biswick said:

Maybe yea but I've never seen a dryer do this damage before 

 

 

I don't believe your coin was damaged in this way, But Dryer coins are a real thing. Read about them on the following link

www.error-ref.com/dryer-coins/

Edited July 6, 2022 by Oldhoopster

[LOCK34]

I pulled these examples from dryers myself.

[VKurtB]

Could be intentional work with a grinding wheel. 

[Conder101]

Tey are definitely post strike damage, exactly how the damage was done we can't say.  People can be very creative.