Strange Quarter

[Prest Olives]

Has anyone ever seen a quarter like this it also has ridges around the edge.

 

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[trapperart]

That's a very unusual coin. Did you dig it?

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's one weird little coin.....no idea what it is. Cool find.

 

[fredbug 67]

Looks like someone cut down a quarter to dime size- must have added the ridges- pretty cool!

 

[BigWaveDave]

A pic of the edge, if possible....
No US coins that small with a receded edge, not when Washingtons were being minted...
Thinking post mint damage, someone fooling around....

 

[Evolution]

If it were exactly dime sized I might say someone mistakenly stamped a quarter on a dime blank but since it's smaller I'm going to say post mint damage also. Interesting.

 

[Prest Olives]

found it in a coinstar return slot

 

[against the wind]

It's a 1/4 of a quarter, , lol

 

[Prest Olives]

6 pince

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find! Someone had a bit of time on their hands!

 

[kcm]

Yep, I'd say some yahoo was trying to take $0.25 and turn it into much more. Is amazing the lengths people will go to cheat others. If you can't make it through life honestly, then I have no soft feelings. Whomever did that deserves to be caught and charged for attempted fraud. If they've done this much work once, they'll do it more. Count on it!

 

[BigWaveDave]

I wouldn't go that far.... Probably a kid goofing off with Dads tools...
The fact that it ended up in a coinstar, as opposed to an eBay wonder, leads me to believe this is nothing more than shenanigans.
I got a handful of coins altered in one way or another....

 

[nsdq]

Looks like a punch press that makes holes in thick metal did that

 

[kingskid1611]

Modern love token..... Must have loved them not to much....

 

[saltednuts]

the us mints coins for other countries is it silver or clad whatever it is the reeding is way to consistent to be hand made therefore i believe it to be a mint error if so a quart on a dime planchet in silver or clad is one of the most sought after errors other than double dies it would have to be authenticated by a third party grading service but worth some major money good luck i m aa coin guy going on 50 years

 

[kcm]

the us mints coins for other countries is it silver or clad whatever it is the reeding is way to consistent to be hand made therefore i believe it to be a mint error if so a quart on a dime planchet in silver or clad is one of the most sought after errors other than double dies it would have to be authenticated by a third party grading service but worth some major money

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree. I don't believe this coin was "minted" on the wrong planchet, but rather that it started its life as a full-sized quarter.

 

[kingskid1611]

yep too small for a dime planchet so it was dremeled down. IMO

 

[Madmox]

I think someone put it in a dehydrator with their beef jerky run. ::ducks::


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[BigWaveDave]

the us mints coins for other countries is it silver or clad whatever it is the reeding is way to consistent to be hand made therefore i believe it to be a mint error if so a quart on a dime planchet in silver or clad is one of the most sought after errors other than double dies it would have to be authenticated by a third party grading service but worth some major money good luck i m aa coin guy going on 50 years

Did you even look at the coin?.....

 

[Prest Olives]

There is a coin place close by i think i will check with them either way it was fun to find. Thanks for all the great advise and the fun comments, sometimes these threads get me laughing so much my coworkers or my wife wonder if i have lost it.