AMAZING but confusing quarter ! What error would this be considered if any 1 1

[Karay9599]

What error is this if any ? The area you see circled is indented on the head side and on the tail side it is protruding in the same spot.

[RWB]

Damage. Also, please crop your photos so we can see a larger image of the coin, and orient correctly for ease of viewing.

[Greenstang]

Damage is not an error. Someone has punched the Obverse, that is why it is protruding on the Reverse.

[Karay9599]

On 5/21/2024 at 12:05 PM, RWB said:

Damage. Also, please crop your photos so we can see a larger image of the coin, and orient correctly for ease of viewing.

But the face is completely missing? There is no face on the quarter at all even on the not punched spot ?

Edited May 21 by Karay9599

[Karay9599]

On 5/21/2024 at 12:09 PM, Greenstang said:

Damage is not an error. Someone has punched the Obverse, that is why it is protruding on the Reverse.

 

[Greenstang]

It is damage. That area has been ground or sanded down. Notice the lack of rims in that area.   
Whatever caused it could not happen when the coin was struck.

Edited May 21 by Greenstang

[Coinbuf]

We can play guess the damage all day but that is all it is guessing, I would bet this is a dryer coin you can google it for a more in-depth explanation.   But however the coin was damaged it is just that damage not an error.

[powermad5000]

Hello and welcome!

Seeing the damage lines that extend from the center to the rim have a pattern as if the coin was rotating as it was getting damaged, I think the center of this coin was pinched in a dryer and kept getting partially hung up while rotating, not evenly rotating like many dryer coins do.

Please keep in mind that damage is damage. I can also take an orbital sander to a quarter and produce a similar effect of the lines that are on your piece, and then use a set tool to punch the center of it, but that doesn't mean it is now a mint error because it doesn't look like a normal quarter after I abused and defaced it. In laymen's terms, just because it looks different doesn't automatically make it an error.

Be wary that there are also people who intentionally damage coins and then try to pass them off on sites like eBay as mint errors when in fact they are simply just damaged coinage.

It takes a full understanding of the Mint process and how coins are produced to be able to understand mint errors and how they happen. It is a specialized niche in the hobby and takes a lot of advanced research and education to be able to detect what errors are and how they are produced and differentiate them from coins that are simply damaged.

[The Neophyte Numismatist]

damage.  I vote dryer coin or something similar.