Is this a common error when there is an additional arrowhead over the branch on the reverse ?
Thank you, Larry
Extra arrow head on 1987D Quarter
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Re: Extra arrow head on 1987D Quarter
I think you may be looking at a "Contact Mark", and mistaking it as a extra arrowhead....
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Re: Extra arrow head on 1987D Quarter
The way coins are made it is impossible for extra letters, numbers, images etc. to appear on a single coin.
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Re: Extra arrow head on 1987D Quarter
Thank you Earle42 for your thoughts. I can maybe hope this one of a series. LOL
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Re: Extra arrow head on 1987D Quarter
What they’re trying to tell you is that it’s not a mint error and simply a well placed contact mark.
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