Thread: State Quarter, no copper on edge?

Hey, I just opened a roll of quarters and while checking the rims, noticed a coin that didn't look like clad, I assumed it was either silver, or a canadian I pulled it out and it was a 2000-P Virginia state quarter! It seems very strange, I have never seen one like this before, there is no copper visible on the edge, I am wondering what type of error this might be? Is the clad just covering the copper or is it made out of the wrong material? Any help or insight would be great. I will post a couple pics, but I could not get my phone camera to focus on the edge of the coin. Sorry!

The photo of the edge is awfully blurry. Is there any reeding on it? Sometimes people will "spoon" them to mash the edge down.

Chris

probably silver or platinum plated - apparently the shopping channels & others sold some as a "super awesome" collectable - worth 25 cents

is the reeding intact?

Hard to tell from the pic.

If the reeding is there, the next thing I'd check for is a mint mark. P, D, or S?

P or D mean a plated coin. S requires further examination.

Can you tell us what mint mark it has?

Yeah, like I said, the camera wouldn't focus on the edge at all! the edge looks normal other than the missing copper core, the reeding looks normal, rims look good, not much wear, or any tampering that I can detect. I am guessing it is just the clad layer is covering the outside completely

it is a P mintmark, yeah I was hoping for S! So is there a way to tell what it is plated with?

I've seen normal clad coins like that. They aren't super common, but it's not an error. The outer layer just covers the inner copper layer.

Lon, it is also helpful to remember that he's talking about a US Statehood Quarter which were plated and sold by the droves by Mike Mezack in his various business ventures. (HSN, CSN, etc.)

While it is indeed very possible that the coin is as you suggest it is overwhelmingly more likely that the coin has been plated.

Originally Posted by mikenoodle

Lon, it is also helpful to remember that he's talking about a US Statehood Quarter which were plated and sold by the droves by Mike Mezack in his various business ventures. (HSN, CSN, etc.)

While it is indeed very possible that the coin is as you suggest it is overwhelmingly more likely that the coin has been plated.

Yes, I agree with Mike and SteveF, most likely plated. They plate extremely thinly so I am not sure if the weight would be much off either.

The statehood quarters opened up a whole slew of utterly craptastic junk sold via tv and mail order. Our hobby will be dealing with this stuff for a long time.

Originally Posted by mikenoodle

Lon, it is also helpful to remember that he's talking about a US Statehood Quarter which were plated and sold by the droves by Mike Mezack in his various business ventures. (HSN, CSN, etc.)

While it is indeed very possible that the coin is as you suggest it is overwhelmingly more likely that the coin has been plated.

You're right, that's probably a likely scenario.

Originally Posted by medoraman

Yes, I agree with Mike and SteveF, most likely plated. They plate extremely thinly so I am not sure if the weight would be much off either.

The statehood quarters opened up a whole slew of utterly craptastic junk sold via tv and mail order. Our hobby will be dealing with this stuff for a long time.

Exactly, you know it's a craphole marketing scheme when you end up finding these rare "gold plated" quarters in a bank roll. I've found two of them in a span of 30 days searching. The kids didn't mind going through daddy's Coin Vault TV purchase and roll up the quarters to buy some Pokemon cards.

If they could be worth less than 25¢, they would be, but alas, face value is about as low as it can go