Bicentennial Quarter - Blemished

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Bicentennial Quarter - Blemished

#1 Unread post by fishman463 »

I have a coin that I have carried around for about 20 years or so that has a very odd blemish that I was curious about. There is a sort of bubble on either side of the coin, but not exactly opposite each other. I have never seen another blemish like this one and I'm not really much of a coin guy anyway, I just hang on to interesting things like this. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the kind/cause of the blemish and whether it has any value other than face value of course. Thanks in advance.
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#2 Unread post by mhonzell »

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Nor sure if the "shiny" area is raised, or just cleaner. Up-close it gets pretty blurry. If it is a dome-like indent, then its damage.
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#3 Unread post by PetesPockets55 »

I have a dime (1980?) with similar bubbles on both sides. I think a very hot torch applied quickly to one side at a time can produce this kind of damage, to produce the offset effect.
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I agree this is PMD post mint damage.

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i have to agree with "PMD" here from these pics,
it looks as if the 'raised area' gets more "rub" than the other areas, & looks 'lighter' in color,........JMO
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That's interesting bc I have a similar quarter ....
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#8 Unread post by PetesPockets55 »

I believe that on the original coin, the areas in question were raised in relief not incuse.
L4Life's coin has the reverse anomaly incuse but the obverse is raised in relief. Either way it is PSD. (Post Strike Damage)

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#9 Unread post by Daniel »

All this is damage to these coins but always interesting to see people's discoveries.

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