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I have a 1970 D Quarter which is thinner and weighs less than a normal quarter. Everything looks like it has been pressed more that normal. What caused this defect and what is its value?
Matt, keep in mind that little boys (sometime even men and women) like to try things out and see what happens. Coins are available to experiment on. Thus, one possibility is that someone experimented on your quarter by using acid on it or by pressing it in a vice or perhaps both. The only way to tell for sure is to show it to an expert in person at a coin show or coin shop. Jim Lawniczak
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Jim Lawniczak
Expertise
I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.
Experience
Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.
Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)
Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins
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