1965 Silver Quarter

How much is this worth? I will post some pictures soon... In very good condition, only noticable wear is on the hair of the Washington...

 

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look at the edge color.
No one will be able to tell you much of anything without clear pictures.

 

Oh dear, not another friend like this....

Did you check the weight to see if it was silver?
Did you check the edges to see if there was copper? Sometimes the nickel and fold over....

 

65 silver quarter? Are you sure its silver? Is this a joke or a serious question?

 

Welcome to the neighborhood, Ben!

Please forgive the other guys. It's seems we get our fair share of posts about silver quarters that don't exist.

Chris

 

What do you mean Chris? Those posts do exist. I have seen them.

 

Benmphelps, please check the weight. Between 1965-1969 the mint did not mix the alloys evenly and sometimes a clad quarter will look silver on the edge. The only reliably way to tell is weight. We are not trying to dismiss your claim so quickly, its just we get one of these posts once a month or more often. These are fairly common.

 

While you're putting up the stockade fence, how about putting in a pool & patio?

Chris

 

Welcome to CT Ben! :welcome:

 

I wonder if any of these have ever been found. There are 1943 copper cents after all.

 

I don't understand your statement. Which part of the clad coins were the alloys not mixed evenly? The clad layers (75% copper and 25% nickel) or the pure copper core (which is not an alloy because it is pure)?

 

Does the little devil pass the 'ring test' Ben? Clad sounds differently than the distinctive 'ring' of silver.

And welcome to the forum dear fellow. Gottem Pics?

 

I have seen lots of clad coins from the period where sections of the strip did not have copper in it, or had a disproportionate amount of copper. I was trying to say, (poorly), that is was the layering of the strip that was uneven leading to some blanks having too much or too little copper.

 

Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification.

 

Is it possible that there were still some Silver coins being Minted in '65, as the Coinage Act did not occur until July 23rd. Meaning that there could have been Seven months of silver coins being produced? Also, it allowed the Secretary of Treasury to continue to strike 90% silver coins for up to five years, until the Secretary determined there was an adequate supply of Clad Coins. This authority was exercised, through 1966, though the coins were dated 1964.

I am probally wrong, but hey, its worth a shot.

 

Weighing

Ok... I have taken your suggestions and I'm pretty sure it's silver, it has that distinctive ring to it, unlike normal quarters. I have a scale, and I've weighed it with a normal quarter, but it doesn't show decimals, and the normal quarter keeps weighing from 4 to 6, and the silver kept weighing one gram heavier than the normal quarter.

 

Don't forget the BBQ pit :thumb:

 

Just so you know, and you can verify this in Red Book, 1964 was the last year that quarters were made with silver. 1965 the Kennedy halves were the only released coins containing silver and the amount was reduced from .36169 ounces to .1479 ounces.

 

hurry spend it things are going up

 

I think you need a more accurate scale sir if you are getting such wide swings in weight. US coins aren't that variable. If you don't have one, try going to a coin shop or jeweler and asking them to weigh it for you.