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[Uhmteen bzillionairith]

I have a few questions About errors.... i wanted to know if this was an example of rpm it looks like a p or d over a d or s.... in pic set 1...... in pic set 2 i wanted to know if these were examples of a die crack? And in 3 i have no idea what it would be 7 im just trying to know what im looking at if anything.... any help would be appreciated thanks

[J P M]

Welcome ..It looks like what we call post mint damage or PMD scratches, dings and displaced metal. I to not see any errors

[Sandon]

   I also see no mint errors on this 1995-D quarter, which has numerous nicks, scrapes and scratches. 

   In or about 1991 the U.S. Mint ceased punching mint marks into dies separately. The mint marks are included in the "hubs" or master dies from which the coinage dies are made, so it's most unlikely that a coin struck in 1995 could have a repunched mint mark ("RPM") or have one mint mark punched over another. Here's what a real over mintmark looks like, a 1955-D, D over S nickel, the "Redbook" variety. Note how you can clearly see the originally punched "S" above, to the left of and inside the "D".

    A die break is raised on the surface of the coin, unlike the bad scratch at the upper reverse of your coin.  A recent topic posted on this forum concerned a 1996-P quarter with a nice reverse die crack, although, as we pointed out in that topic, die breaks or cracks are quite common and add little or no value unless a piece has actually broken out of the die, forming a "cud". See

    I hope this helps.

[Coinbuf]

PMD

[Greenstang]

I don't see anything that would e considered an error, just damage.

[EagleRJO]

For the "D" mint mark you are asking about there may have been some worn die doubling or minor shelf doubling.  But that would not be an error as it's considered a usual occurrence that is a normal part of the coin production.  And there is nothing evident that would indicated an overmark even if the mark was not part of the master die.

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by EagleRJO

[powermad5000]

I will state once again (and will continue to state this until I am no more), DDO, DDR, RPM, cuds, chips, and all of these YouTube spitting/tongue/earlobe/bubble/whatevercutsiename is coming out recently for minor variants in the normal production of coinage ARE NOT mint errors. Things such as DDO, DDR, RPM, etc. would be graded as a variety IF it is so widely recognized.

For the OP's coin, a die crack would produce a raised line as metal from the planchet flows into the crack of the die during the strike. Anything with a V or U groove going down into the surface of the coin is a scratch or damage as there is on your coin. The D has evidence of mechanical doubling or die erosion doubling whichever term you wish to go with. Your coin has been widely circulated and the rest of the spots you are showing us in your photos are damage from being circulated. This is one to put back out in the wild.