1916 baber quarter mint messup?

[git.r.done]

in my neighborhood there was this house i wanted to hunt. so me and my brother ask for permission and she said we could if we fill the hols good. so the fist hole i dug was this weird Barber quarter it is weird it likes like the machine pressed to hard and made a ring around it and i don't know what happend to it

so if youthink you know what happend please comment.

 

[rj35pj]

Someone started to make a coin ring out of it. They make nice interesting rings. I'm sure someone on the forum will show you some pics. Nice quarter.

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Wow- that IS weird. It looks like the quarter was struck on a nickel planchet, as it appears the striking surface was too small for the design. There will be more replies on this, and probably better educated guesses than mine. Very cool though!

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Someone started to make a coin ring out of it.

Ah, yes, that makes more sense. It had occured to me too. I was typing my post whilst you posted yours.

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Wow very cool!!!!!

 

[Leon]

Neat find, WTG!!!
It definitely look like someone was going to make a ring out of it...
Here's a page showing you how it's done: http://homepage.mac.com/johnhuber/CoinRing/PhotoAlbum20.html
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

 

[jeff of pa]

Yep you Don't even need a Hammer.

You can do it With a Table Spoon

Just tap it with the Ball of the Spoon & Turn Continuosly

 

[iwas1ncthr]

in my neighborhood there was this house i wanted to hunt. so me and my brother ask for permission and she said we could if we fill the hols good. so the fist hole i dug was this weird Barber quarter it is weird it likes like the machine pressed to hard and made a ring around it and i don't know what happend to it

so if youthink you know what happend please comment.

I understand the whole ring idea but I would consider contacting someone like Ken Potter with this. You can send him this picture via email and he can take a look at it to see if it is a possible error. If so, you may have a piece worth quite abit. Just an idea and knowing Ken is a pro in the error field, it cannot hurt to ask him to take a look at it.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Found this years ago, and didn't have a clue what it was. Then I watched the movie "Cool Hand Luke", and they showed a prisoner beating a coin with a spoon to make a ring. First time I ever learned something pertaining to metal detecting by watching a movie!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very awesome barber quarter!!!!

 

[Nick A]

An unfinished coin ring. I guarantee, 1000% this is NOT a mint error of any kind.

 

[Dirt Dobber]

An unfinished coin ring. I guarantee, 1000% this is NOT a mint error of any kind.

Ditto! D.D.

 

[woody_g]

still a nice find

 

[skatergod6262]

cool

 

[Silver_Fox]

in my neighborhood there was this house i wanted to hunt. so me and my brother ask for permission and she said we could if we fill the hols good. so the fist hole i dug was this weird Barber quarter it is weird it likes like the machine pressed to hard and made a ring around it and i don't know what happend to it

so if youthink you know what happend please comment.

I understand the whole ring idea but I would consider contacting someone like Ken Potter with this. You can send him this picture via email and he can take a look at it to see if it is a possible error. If so, you may have a piece worth quite abit. Just an idea and knowing Ken is a pro in the error field, it cannot hurt to ask him to take a look at it.

No need to bother Ken whoever he is. It is the start of a coin ring.

 

[sirlostalot]

Ive never made a ring this way so could someone tell me why if this is a start of a ring why there is no marking on the outside of it? Seems like to me as wide as the outside of it is there would be something. I guess it could have been polished. But why would you do that if it was not finished? Its hard to tell from the picture but it looks to me that its pushed in from both sides with no noticeable damage to the detail.