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1987 Quarter
Hello all, I had a question about a quarter that I found. It is a
1987P U.S. Quarter and it has no dentils. Is this worthy anything? It looks like dentils were never created on this coin, I found it in some spare change I had. It appears to have been in general circulation, does a quarter like this have any value with the dentils missing? Thanks for any assistance you may provide. Sincerely, Johnny |
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"Johnny" wrote in message
m... Hello all, I had a question about a quarter that I found. It is a 1987P U.S. Quarter and it has no dentils. Is this worthy anything? It looks like dentils were never created on this coin, I found it in some spare change I had. It appears to have been in general circulation, does a quarter like this have any value with the dentils missing? Thanks for any assistance you may provide. Sincerely, Johnny Dentils??? Perhaps you mean reeding? (& a lack thereof) But George Washington did have dentures. |
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There are errors of this type, although your coin could just be the result
of a lot of motion in slot machines. Rolling down all of those slots can evenly wear off the reeding, leaving the rim looking intact: http://conecaonline.org/content/OhNo0027.htm "Johnny" wrote in message m... Hello all, I had a question about a quarter that I found. It is a 1987P U.S. Quarter and it has no dentils. Is this worthy anything? It looks like dentils were never created on this coin, I found it in some spare change I had. It appears to have been in general circulation, does a quarter like this have any value with the dentils missing? Thanks for any assistance you may provide. Sincerely, Johnny |
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Brian wrote:
There are errors of this type, although your coin could just be the result of a lot of motion in slot machines. Rolling down all of those slots can evenly wear off the reeding, leaving the rim looking intact: http://conecaonline.org/content/OhNo0027.htm Slot machines are NOTORIOUSLY hard on coins. By design, the machines drive the coins into the tray at the bottom as hard as they can in order to make as much noise as possible. This quickly pounds out any reeding on their edges and gives the rest of the coins' surfaces a bumpy, burnished look. I see 'slot machined' coins all the time that are worn nearly to a level of unrecognizability, even though they are less than 10 years old. -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________ |
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On 22-Sep-2004, "Edwin Johnston" wrote: Dentils??? Perhaps you mean reeding? (& a lack thereof) But George Washington did have dentures. Perhaps he was decrying the lack of denticles on quarters, although this sad state has existed for 88 years now, and has spread to the rest of our coins as well. |
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"Edwin Johnston" wrote in news:415176fa$0$444
: "Johnny" wrote in message m... Hello all, I had a question about a quarter that I found. It is a 1987P U.S. Quarter and it has no dentils. Is this worthy anything? It looks like dentils were never created on this coin, I found it in some spare change I had. It appears to have been in general circulation, does a quarter like this have any value with the dentils missing? Thanks for any assistance you may provide. Sincerely, Johnny Dentils??? Perhaps you mean reeding? (& a lack thereof) But George Washington did have dentures. Wooden dentils? -- Joecoin Copper is as copper does. |
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Mark wrote in
: On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:14:46 -0500, "Michael G. Koerner" wrote: Brian wrote: There are errors of this type, although your coin could just be the result of a lot of motion in slot machines. Rolling down all of those slots can evenly wear off the reeding, leaving the rim looking intact: http://conecaonline.org/content/OhNo0027.htm Slot machines are NOTORIOUSLY hard on coins. By design, the machines drive the coins into the tray at the bottom as hard as they can in order to make as much noise as possible. This quickly pounds out any reeding on their edges and gives the rest of the coins' surfaces a bumpy, burnished look. I see 'slot machined' coins all the time that are worn nearly to a level of unrecognizability, even though they are less than 10 years old. I wonder how many passes through it takes to completely smooth the edges ? 238 -- Joecoin Copper is as copper does. |
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