u/hunterman227

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Hello everyone,

​I am reaching out to the community for some collaborative help. I have been deeply dissecting a severe die anomaly on the 2026-P Mayflower Compact quarter.

​Over the last few months, I have been documenting a distinct "ghosting" effect that appears on the obverse behind the Pilgrims' shoulders, along with various crack anomalies and structural breakdowns. I have designated this the Phantom of Larose for tracking purposes.

​I want to get the community's expert opinion to figure out the exact root cause of this failure. Based on my micro-photography, I am trying to determine the exact mechanics at play:

​Is this a textbook case of Progressive Indirect Design Transfer (PIDT) caused by the deep relief of the reverse ship design?

​Are we looking at evidence of a severe die clash?

​Is this a strike-through error, or purely localized metal displacement caused by extreme strike pressure?

​I have set up a dedicated tracking community at r/MayflowerQuartererror to consolidate the macro-shots, die chips, crack anomalies, and progression data. My goal is to find out the exact why, what, when, and where of this die's structural failure.

​If you have found one of these 2026-P Mayflower errors, or if you specialize in modern U.S. Mint die failures, please bring your photos and expertise over. I would greatly appreciate your insight in helping solve the mechanics behind this anomaly.

​— David James (u/hunterman227 / Twisted Penny)

Hello everyone,

​I am reaching out to the community for some collaborative help. I have been deeply dissecting a severe die anomaly on the 2026-P Mayflower Compact quarter.

​Over the last few months, I have been documenting a distinct "ghosting" effect that appears on the obverse behind the Pilgrims' shoulders, along with various crack anomalies and structural breakdowns. I have designated this the Phantom of Larose for tracking purposes.

​I want to get the community's expert opinion to figure out the exact root cause of this failure. Based on my micro-photography, I am trying to determine the exact mechanics at play:

​Is this a textbook case of Progressive Indirect Design Transfer (PIDT) caused by the deep relief of the reverse ship design?

​Are we looking at evidence of a severe die clash?

​Is this a strike-through error, or purely localized metal displacement caused by extreme strike pressure?

​I have set up a dedicated tracking community at r/MayflowerQuartererror to consolidate the macro-shots, die chips, crack anomalies, and progression data. My goal is to find out the exact why, what, when, and where of this die's structural failure.

​If you have found one of these 2026-P Mayflower errors, or if you specialize in modern U.S. Mint die failures, please bring your photos and expertise over. I would greatly appreciate your insight in helping solve the mechanics behind this anomaly.

​— David James (u/hunterman227 / Twisted Penny)

Hello everyone,

​I am reaching out to the community for some collaborative help. I have been deeply dissecting a severe die anomaly on the 2026-P Mayflower Compact quarter.

​Over the last few months, I have been documenting a distinct "ghosting" effect that appears on the obverse behind the Pilgrims' shoulders, along with various crack anomalies and structural breakdowns. I have designated this the Phantom of Larose for tracking purposes.

​I want to get the community's expert opinion to figure out the exact root cause of this failure. Based on my micro-photography, I am trying to determine the exact mechanics at play:

​Is this a textbook case of Progressive Indirect Design Transfer (PIDT) caused by the deep relief of the reverse ship design?

​Are we looking at evidence of a severe die clash?

​Is this a strike-through error, or purely localized metal displacement caused by extreme strike pressure?

​I have set up a dedicated tracking community at r/MayflowerQuartererror to consolidate the macro-shots, die chips, crack anomalies, and progression data. My goal is to find out the exact why, what, when, and where of this die's structural failure.

​If you have found one of these 2026-P Mayflower errors, or if you specialize in modern U.S. Mint die failures, please bring your photos and expertise over. I would greatly appreciate your insight in helping solve the mechanics behind this anomaly.

​— David James (u/hunterman227 / Twisted Penny)

FEEDER FINGER SCRAPING THE PANCHET. PHANTOM OF LAROSE PROGRESSION.

Please explain to me what this is why is it that I see the ship on the front of the coin.

Please settle a dispute, can you see the hull of the Mayflower coming through behind the pilgrims heads

PLEASE SETTLE THIS DEBATE,COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE PIDT. (PROGRESSIVE INDIRECT DESIGN TRANSFER)

I believe I have an answer for all of your questions out there on the blobby faces, the weak strikes, blurry letters, the big Phantom on the back, even the Spirit of 76. The story is right there you just have to look for it. If you have a box of quarters or roll or two of those quarters you need to open them. Lay them all flat and look at them closely. On the reverse if you see repeating they look like quotation marks right in front of the main rigging, that's not supposed to be there. But a lot of them are, I have meticulously tracked where they came from, how they got there, over a progression of about 300 consecutive coins from the same working die. I have documentation, pictures, theories, I've named this anomaly Phantom of Larose, death of a die. You can check it out.

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​I’ve been getting a lot of comments on my recent posts about whether these "Phantom" markers are just random scratches or actual mint errors. Look, I get the skepticism, but I’ve been mapping the "Death of a Die" for months now, and I’m up to over 500 specimens.

​When you look at one coin, sure, it might look like damage. When you see the chain reaction across 500 coins, it’s a whole different story. These markers—the die chips, the splinters, the cracks—they don't appear randomly. They happen in the exact same order every single time because it’s a single die pair failing under the pressure of the press. I am also seeing this on the revolutionary war coin as well up at the top of his hat you'll see the die breaks that progress from very small to very big.

​Here’s the proof:

​If you’re out there hunting these, use that sequence. It’ll tell you exactly where your coin sits in the lifecycle of that die.

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Go get some food and get some rest, man! You've been putting in the hours today.

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**Title:** A Different Way to Grade Errors? Mapping a Coin’s "DNA" and Timeline – Need Your Feedback!

Hey everyone,

I’m new to sharing my research here, so I’m coming to you completely humble-minded. Any and all input would be deeply appreciated because I want your honest opinion on a new model I’m building called the **Hunterman Forensic Registry (HFR)**.

I want to be 100% clear out of the gate: **I am absolutely not trying to compete with anybody.** The established grading companies are professionals—they handle the big, beautiful coins and judge surface preservation perfectly. This isn't about competing with them; it’s about giving error coins a whole new way to be mapped and preserved alongside that traditional grading.

### Why We Need This Now: The Crypto Shift

Let's face it, cryptocurrency is pulling a lot of money and attention away from physical assets. By giving physical coins a high-tech digital footprint, we can protect the hobby and make sure our hard assets live on for good.

### The Model: Mapping a Coin's "DNA"

I’ve spent months tracking over **300 individual specimens** to map out the exact chronological biography—the **"Death of a Die"**—anchored by a distinct progression sequence I discovered called the **"Phantom of Larose."**

Every time a die strikes a coin, it leaves behind microscopic markers (cracks, chips, splinters). That is the coin's unique **DNA**.

Here is how the business model works:

1. **Free Upload:** Collectors upload a high-res photo of their error coin for free.

2. **Timeline Matching:** The registry analyzes the markers to find its exact place on the mechanical breakdown timeline of that die.

3. **The Value:** You still value the professional slab for its condition, but now you trade based on **where the coin lands on the actual timeline of the die**.

### The 50-Year Vision

When a coin is matched, it gets a digital "Birth Certificate." Metal can wear down over 50 years, but a coin's genetic footprint on the timeline never changes. Fifty years from now, a collector can look up that exact coin online, see its DNA profile, its history, and its exact sequence number.

Down the road, we'll offer optional physical certificates with QR codes (with a portion of proceeds going to charity), but the digital upload and timeline mapping will always be free to build the community database.

I'm aiming for a launch of the first progression sets this summer on **July 4th**. Since I'm new to presenting this, does bridging traditional grading with a timeline-based "DNA" system make sense to you guys? How do you think the market will view trading coins based on their timeline position 50 years from now?

Thanks for looking, and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Go handle your business, save that battery, and catch you later!

I've only been doing this very shortly, but I'm trying to learn the business and I'm doing some research on the 2026 quarter. I know every millimeter of this quarter and I need to ask you guys some questions for the missing pieces. All I'm doing is taking these quarters documenting them and giving them an identity. That way our kids can live on with them, but it's hard to tell your child hey look for that could at the end of the rim, and tell him to look up the interior die cracks, or the lamination. So I decided to put something together and I acquired a lot of coins. I started looking at every single one of them a mad dash for a variant. But after I started looking at these coins I realized that this is a very historical time in history. They're important, so what can I do to keep them out of the pockets of people and in the hands of kids and learning about them. So I came up with The Phantom of Larose, so I have documented all this stuff all the coordinates attract all the lines and I'm missing a few pieces. Your help would be appreciated. So the registry is for you guys. Send me a high res photo of your quarter for free. I will text you back with what I find and where it belongs and the timeline. It will receive a serial number. It will have a barcode on it. You will be able to scan it and when you do scan it it will tell you the information that belongs to that particular specimen. It now has an identity, so 50 years from now you can scan that same barcode and see the Dynamics of that coin. Even if it's out in the wild and you find it you can scan it because with the technology it has way deeper scratches than we know. I. Or you can go to my subreddit Phantom of Larose. Will you see exactly the error that I'm talking about. And discuss is it an error, or just die deterioration. I'm open either way because I'm learning as I go, there are some issues that I think need to be discussed. God bless you guys take care see you in the chat