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    Damaged Goods

    Jun 15, 2020 3 minutes

    I received this 2008-D Hawaii quarter in a normal machine-wrapped roll of quarters from my local credit union probably in late January 2020. It was in the middle of the roll along with 39 other quarters.

    At first I thought it was your typical “someone has abused this” quarter like we all see. On closer inspection, I am not sure what is going on with this piece and how the damage occurred. This

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