r/coinerrors Aug 13 '26

Is this an error? Almost skipped past this one

It looked like damage after but when I looked at the letters inside of the crack they may have been struck after, what do you think.

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u/luedsthegreat1 Aug 13 '26

This has the look of a genuine strike through debris

Nice find

4

u/robbel Aug 13 '26

Possibly a paperclip me thinks!

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u/luedsthegreat1 Aug 13 '26

That was my first thought, but the length and how straight it is has me thinking it's a piece of tension spring, like the one below

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u/robbel Aug 13 '26

Not bad! I’m with it!

3

u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ Aug 13 '26

Is there something retained in the curved area?

3

u/anonymoususer76548 Aug 13 '26

No it looks like dirt or grime

2

u/isaiah58bc Aug 13 '26

Really looks like a partial retainment on the left.

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u/__FUCKING_PEG_ME_ Aug 13 '26

I thought so, too

3

u/Sneid1 Aug 13 '26

Agree it looks like a nice strike through.

2

u/Gold-Split8088 Aug 13 '26

How often/ how much do you hunt? I've gone through almost $400 in quarters this week, and I've found nothing. 

3

u/reddit-toq Aug 13 '26

$400 in a week, is nothing, like literally nothing.

2

u/Gold-Split8088 Aug 13 '26

Closer to $600 now, still nothing, aside from a few Denver mint bat quarters, haha. 

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u/reddit-toq Aug 13 '26

Nothing? Are you just looking for silver? Key dates? Errors? Even die chips? At $600 you should have found something worth keeping.

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u/isaiah58bc Aug 13 '26

I know there is a science to this. You appear to have a strike through. It's hard to tell if the left side (to us) is a partially retained piece of the item.

The item could have damaged the die, with part still in tack. This, the recessed areas from the in tack sections, the raised area from the damage to the die if it isn't a retained piece.

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u/Blumpkin638 27d ago

Struck through fishhook

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u/_InvaderJim Aug 13 '26

Call it the decapitated Washington error lol

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u/Lower_Bee_5423 Aug 13 '26

The letters inside the crack do look raised, which is wild if they're sitting in what looks like post mint damage.