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    1964 Washington 25C no variety match

    Good evening and happy Sunday. Going through my 1964 quarters and I came by the regular errors such as bust cracks wing cracks all known but I was not able to find a doubled earlobe on any of the variety websites. This quarter has a doubled earlobe and they bust crack through the designers initials. So if it doesn’t match a variety, does that mean it’s not a variety? What do we call it then? I mean no sarcasm. It’s an actual question as most varieties have several categories to meet. I appreciate all your expertise as I am learning little by little.
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    In my opinion, that ear looks sheared away, like it's damage. I think I can see the mini sheer likes. Worthless doubling does this. It kinda looks like a micro bucket loader went in there and removed some of the material. It will also look a lot shinier than the rest of the area, if it is a BU or high AU coin.

    The damage could have happened in a coin counter or coin rolling machine, or some other freak accident. Things happen.

    New discoveries can be found, but they are quite uncommon. This particular coin is 60+ years old so it makes less likely to be a doubled earlobe ddo, if no one else has reported it in the past 60 or so years.

    All I can say is that it may be categorized as worthless doubling. I suggest that you look to see if that type of damage is evident anywhere else on the coin. If it's not there, it could be localized machine doubling.

    Most doubled ears should look close to the same size, and it should look at leat a little thicker. It should also look the same is color or patina.

    Gary Kozera
    Website: https://MintErrors.org

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      Thanks, Gary, I don’t see any damage where something made contact with the coin. This coin came from an uncirculated rolI. I compared it to others in the roll and it is definitely thicker in the lower lobe area. If you look at one of the photos, you can see where it looks like another layer was put on. The photos definitely could be better. I’ll try to take a few others and you can let me know if you still think it’s damage or local machine doubling. Thanks again.

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        Wow Gary, I never doubted you. You were spot on. It was thickening and the hair and neck area that showed as another lobe in different lighting. I learned that sometimes less artificial lighting is better.

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