What happened at the Mint to cause this?

[JammnIT]

This is purely an ignorant question, but can someone explain what happened when minting this 2001 New York Quarter?

 

[AegisIII]

At the mint, it was struck normally. I suspect someone tried to flatten it or something after it left the mint.

[JammnIT]

Actually I had thought of that too, but the Weight and Circumference are the exact same as an undamaged coin..

[bsshog40]

Statehood quarters will flucuate a little between the different designs. So not all are of the exact weight.

[JammnIT]

Not meaning to argue, but compared having it on both scales and a MIcromenter with roughly 30 other quarters, both Statehood and not, the results remained the same.

 

It does not apear to have been flattened in any way, even the reeding on the edges is uniform as well.

 

I was just hoping to find another reason other than "someone tried to flatten it or something after it left the mint"

 

Thanks anyway

[Revenant]

Could it be the result of a filled/cracked die? Maybe a broken collar?

[RUSS BEGA]

i'm fairly sure it's post mint but it could be a planchet flaw?

[JammnIT]

I really appreciate the responses... I suppose either way it is not really worth wasting much time on, I just let my curiosity get the best of me..

 

Thanks guys

[michael]

post-mint

 

[carson city]

Appears to be the hammer and tin snips type error !

[Conder101]

The only way something like that happened at the mint would be if it is laying on the floor and they keep running the forklift over it while carrying tote bins of coins or planchets. And at some point they almost miss it and it goes shooting across the floor hitting something and putting a big ol nick in the edge. Then someone tosses it into a passing tote bin of quarters.

 

(Beating on a coin will not change its weight, and a couple good whacks can wipe out much of the design without changing the diameter. If you keep whacking it it will eventually start getting bigger but usually the first couple don't cause a real change.)