2017 Shawnee Quarter error??

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Found this coin while metal detecting at a local swimming hole. There is basically no rim, the reeding is VERY light, loss of detail on "in god we trust" and other lettering also. Rim on reverse is also nearly nonexistent.

 

Sorry, it's actually a 2016 quarter. My mistake (typo).

 

Can we see the reverse too?
Take the photo in a high lit area, don't use the camera light as it's creating hot spots. Put it on a flat surface (as your hand moves even slightly), and try to put the camera/phone lens parallel to it.

Looks like it has had a lot of abrasion, damage. Something you may find while metal detecting and finding a coin in a sandy, dirt-abrasive environment or something like that. @paddyman98 @Brina

 

Yes to Environmental Damage and wear probably from tumbling in the water.

 

Yes, it was definitely scratched from sand abrasion, but I have found hundreds of quarters in the sand and none of them look even remotely like this one. If you look closely at the "in god we trust", the detail has been lost in the middle.

 

Congrats. now you have.

Maybe before it was lost in the sand it was a parking lot abrased quarter?
Don't have closed mind thinking. Look at the damage. Don't limit "damage" to just one basic, time limited factor. Can you give the *EXACT* time it has spend in the sand, and the *exact* number of times it's been stepped on, or thrown around or this or that ??

Maybe someone rubbed it against a rock; can you exclude that ?? Look at the *obvious* and don't discount it as one tries to reach some *rare* status.

 

Also, it was found in a lake with no current. Coins fall out of pockets and fall straight to the bottom and don't move again until I scoop them up.

 

where was it before the lake that never has any wind ?

 

It looks like typical abrasion damage but it's hard to tell from your pics. Numerous people post coins like this on coin talk thinking they're errors.

If you really want to be sure, post clear, cropped pics of both the obverse and reverse. Remember, if it's hard for you to see the details, it's hard for us as well. Also post the weight from an accurate scale.

Data is your friend. Without it, all you have is "I've never seen anything like it so therefore, it must be an error". While the members who are answering your post (many of whom are very knowledgeable regarding error coins) are saying "We see coins like this all the time"

 

While I do appreciate the time you take to comment, I don't appreciate the sarcasm. On my next post I will show what a quarter looks like that has spent any significant time at the bottom of the lake at the same location. If the coin was worn enough to basically remove the rim, wouldn't the high points also be significantly worn? How would the wear affect the center of the "in god we trust" and not the other parts?

 

damage is unlimited.
damage can occur in more than one instance, in more than one environment, by more than one process.

Can one attest that someone didn't damage it before it ended up on the bottom of the lake?

Essentially you are asking for it's complete provenance from when it left the mint to when you found it at the bottom of the lake.

Essentially, send it in for grading if you can't think past the "lake effect"

 

This quarter spent significantly more time in the sand on the bottom of the lake. Notice the color change? Also note that it does not have the same "wear".

 

Just a worn quarter, could have started as a weak strike. It is not an error. Cool find but that's all it is.

 

Hopeless thread.

 

Before it drowned, it was a dryer quarter.

 

... then it got wet again.

 

mine is similar

 

Your picture does not show.. And.. Did you read any of the responses given on this thread?

 

The OP'S coin has so much damage that it would be near impossible to say this is a mint error. Even if it could be determined to be a mint error the damage would take away the value. A badly damaged coin is not worth keeping in my opinion.