1997 D washington quarter missing clad both sides

Hello everyone. I aquired a quarter I found interesting. I hope someone can give me some insight on it. Thanks for any help.

 

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Looks to me like environmental damage or staining of some kind. It probably spent some time under ground. I can see some of the cladding under the stain.

 

What does it weigh?

Chris

 

It looks like it took an acid bath to me. Weight would be a good determiner.

 

Try these pics, shut the flash off and tried to get glare off. Take another look.

 

What is the weight it should be?

 

@cpm9ball he should know, I'm afraid I don't. I'm of the impression that is an acid bath/environmental damage coin. You can see some of the clad on the coin.

 

Here we go again, folks. This is now the 4th recent new poster or recently reactivated poster, all seemingly with female personae, posting pictures of "errors which are not". Is it the phase of the moon? Asteroids? Alien landings in New Mexico? What, exactly? Here's the inside skinny, "ladies": Errors do exist, but they are not often seen and/or found by lay people. Most "new" errors come from contractors who work for companies who roll coins coming from the Mint in pallet bags, who use their positions there, and the fact that they have a few major error dealers' names in their contact lists, to "earn" additional income.

I've been collecting for 53 years and have never once "discovered" a real error out there in commerce, not even once - and I examine EVERY coin I ever get. I have seen a PILE of post-mint damage, and now you have too.

 

True observation. I suppose, however, we all must learn this fact some where.

 

I also had a chemistry kit as a kid and we did all kinds of nasty crap to coins with it. Maybe we need to bring back chemistry sets to educate younger people some.

 

If I recall correctly, some of the stock experiments in the kit even involved turning silver coins many colors.

 

Not necessarily true, while errors are not very common and it takes time and a good eye to actually know an error when you come across one. I myself have found a Connecticut state quarter with missing reverse clad, a clipped planchet quarter, multiple cuds and ECT.. All found out of either roll searching or in my pocket change. Basic research on most errors will tell you whether or not you have a true error or not....varieties on the other hand are a pain in the butt sometimes

 

Well there you are. I don't roll search and never will. I assemble rolls.

 

Well, there you are.

 

Yup, there you are. I've examined every coin I've ever received in pocket change for 53 years, and for the last seven years at least, that's about $275 per year, and I've never found a legitimate error, but I could FILL a cigar box easily with PMD.

Oh, and I spent >25 years in retail with a cash drawer too.

 

I would still like to know what it weighs.

Chris

 

Me too!
There is a lot of lustre, still only Xf
And probably stained.
Either way. Weight is needed for an answer.

 

I ALSO was at the ANA Legacy Interview in Portland with error coin dealer extraordinaire Fred Weinberg, who was asked where his pieces come from. He said "virtually all" come from where I said above.

 

wow 25 years retail and no errors? Talk about unlucky

 

I have to agree with in my change or roll.
I've found a couple of error Roosies from change. While I don't roll search like some people do I have searched some. From just dabbling I've found one cents not pennies error. It does happen maybe not very often.