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05-10-2009, 04:53 PM
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| | Registry fever
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada
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My Mood:  | 2001 Canadian unplated?
Hey guys, here is a picture of a quarter I found in my change. I'm a little curious if there is a way to find out if this coin missed its last nickel coating, or if it has just been removed.
This coin weighs 4.31 grams as opposed to the 4.4 grams it i supposed to weigh and the layers go like this:
Steel core
nickel
copper
then he thin coating of nickel again.
The "P" on the obverse stands for "plated" These coins were first produced in 1999 as test coins for vending machine companies to test and a few leaked out. o the mint mass produced them for a few years to calm the collectors down.
Any question?
Just ask!
-Shawn
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05-11-2009, 10:03 AM
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| | Just coins dealer
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: upstate NY
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I don't thing it's a missing clad layer coin the colour is just not right not quite sure
JC
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05-11-2009, 10:07 AM
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| | Numismatist
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama
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It look like environmental damage. but I am no expert
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05-11-2009, 10:14 AM
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| | Numismatist
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia
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It could be missing the last plating of nickel because the steel plachet is first plated with nickel, than copper, than nickel again.
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05-13-2009, 07:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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I will put my money on this missing a clad layer rather than being environmentally damaged.
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05-13-2009, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Owosso, MI
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If you look close at the beads around the edge, you can see nickel-colored spots, I thought these coins were solid nickel. When did they change that?
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05-13-2009, 09:05 PM
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| | Numismatist
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia
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Originally Posted by jessash1976  If you look close at the beads around the edge, you can see nickel-colored spots, I thought these coins were solid nickel. When did they change that? | 1999. Now its steel core with nickel plating than copper than another nickel plating.
I just realized it says this in the first post. 
Last edited by byrd740; 05-13-2009 at 09:11 PM.
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