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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 12-22-2005, 02:46 PM   #1 (permalink) Indianhead1990 Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 95 S Bicentenial Quarter I got a S mint mark Bicentenial quarter, attached is the picture, and I was wondering, is there any way to tell whether it is silver clad, or 40 percent silver. Thanks for any thoughts on this. If it is the 40 percent silver, I will probably get it slabbed and graded.   12-22-2005, 02:46 PM   #2 (permalink) Indianhead1990 Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 95 hmm, I'm not sure why they aren't posting   12-22-2005, 02:49 PM   #3 (permalink) Indianhead1990 Member   Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 95 I guess everyone who wants pictures will have to PM or email me at bunker1990@hotmail.com Thanks   12-22-2005, 02:49 PM   #4 (permalink) tcore Coin Collector     Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Midwest Posts: 1,182 My Mood: If you do a preview before you post, the attached images will go away I believe. Oh, also, is the coin Proof or not? We'll find out if your images get posted though I suppose. Last edited by tcore; 12-22-2005 at 02:57 PM.   12-22-2005, 03:00 PM   #5 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,794 My Mood: Quote: I will probably get it slabbed and graded. I don't mean to be rude but the coin more than likely isn't worth the cost of grading and slabbing...more than likely its only worth a few bucks. Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over   12-22-2005, 03:05 PM   #6 (permalink) lawdogct Coin Collector     Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,072 Only way I can think of would be to weigh it if its not readily apparent. The %40 silver were struck and sold all the way until 1982 with an estimate population of 5 million. (check out www.coinfacts.com for more info)   12-22-2005, 03:48 PM   #7 (permalink) satootoko Retired   Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,822 Quote: Originally Posted by lawdogct Only way I can think of would be to weigh it Quote: Originally Posted by Red Book Silver issue: weight 5.75 grams . . .Copper-nickel issue: weight 5.67 grams If you don't have that sensitive a scale, used the old pencil/popsicle stick balance test. Put a Statehood Quarter weighing 5.67 grams on one end and the coin in question on the other. If the one in question is heavier, it's silver, otherwise cu-ni. __________________ Roy Last edited by satootoko; 12-22-2005 at 03:50 PM.   12-22-2005, 05:26 PM   #8 (permalink) Just Carl Numismatist   Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,151 There is very little market for any bicentenial coins. The cost of having one slabbed would be more than the coins value. Note as alread stated the most the coin could be worth is only a few dollars.   12-23-2005, 08:13 AM   #9 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,098 Weight would be the best test. If you don't have access to a scale you could try the tissue paper test. Put the coin down on a table next to a known copper nickel (and it possible a known 40% silver piece) Lay a single layer of tissue paper over them. Silver reflects much more light than any other metal and a 40% silver piece will apper much whiter than the copper nickel coin. If they are both about the same dull grey they it is most likely copper nickel. (It is amazing how effective the tissue paper test can be.) __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   12-23-2005, 11:37 AM   #10 (permalink) The_Cave_Troll The Coin Troll     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 2,539 just look at the edges. the clad ones will show the copper core on the edge and the silver ones are white on the edges. Here is a photo of a 40% silver bi-centennial quarter (top), a new quarter with shiny copper layer (middle), and a circulated quarter with a dull brown copper layer (bottom) so that you can see the obvious difference. __________________ "From time to time the Tree of Liberty must be refreshed with the blood of Patriots and of Tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson   12-23-2005, 01:21 PM   #11 (permalink) The_Cave_Troll The Coin Troll     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 2,539 hmmm, when I look at the rim of that coin it is pretty obvious that it came out of circulation, even though there is no visible wear on the devices, lol. I found it in my dealer's junk silver bin, along with a silver 1976 half. nice finds, sometimes I am rewarded for searching through other people's junk. __________________ "From time to time the Tree of Liberty must be refreshed with the blood of Patriots and of Tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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