Copper quarter

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Rick,

I'm assuming that coin is missing clad on one side?

 

Ya, it's slabbed too .
Just to lazy to post the coin slabbed .

 

I thought so, but wanted to make sure before I pointed out the difference in strike quality between missing one and two layers. I don't think we've had them in the same thread before.

 

I don't think so either ...

 

Here's my copper nickel, but it's struck on a cent planchet .

 

Possible middle school electroplating experiment? I remember doing this to silver-colored coin in class when I was a kid.

 

Thats pretty cool. Looks like a nice history piece

 

Know exactly what you mean by electroplating, just like my thread on the fake dimes. Just a footnote. I have found myself when photographing coins you can basically make a coin look whatever color you want it to look like just by the lights and filters you use.

 

True, but someone like me knows the background color on the coin you shot is white, so I can tell it's not the real color of the coin ...

 

Here's what I do when I'm looking for coins to buy .
I'm going to post my nickel on a cent planchet .

Here's the images the seller was using to sell the coin .


The background on this coin is suppose to be white, since it's not, it changes the real color of the coin .

Here's the new images and I made sure the background was the same color when taken ( White, which has gotten a little dirty ) .



Easy to see the difference, so always try to find stuff with the true background color ....

 

Rick. In the sellers pics of that nickel cent it looks like they used an 18% grey background. That is the best to use to show the true look as it doesn't freak out a cameras white balance. I don't think the seller messed with the pics, just shot it on an 18% grey board background. I suggest getting one on eBay for around $10 if you don't have one yet

 

I know with the coin in hand, my true-view scope shows the correct image ( color of coin ) at least for true color of the coin .

Seller images aren't even close, to the true-view of the color ( images ) of this coin ...

 

That's a funny-looking one, @Tonyan74. I'd hold onto it. The color looks a little off. These coins start out in copper strips that are then run through a plating solution then punched out in blanks so really both sides should show the copper if say this one was at the end of the strip that for whatever reason missed the plating solution. When you can go by a coin shop, show it to one of them. Working against you from what I can see is the color is a little off and only one side has it.

 

Hold on to the coin. IMO, I don't see anything that points to discoloration. It looks like a "normal" missing clad layer coin that has a little circulation. If you live in a city near a coin show take it there to see but the only way to know for sure w/o magnified photos is to send it in for authentication but it is probably not worth the cost to do that.

I tried to see where you live for some suggestions w/no luck.

PS The coin does not look plated at all!

 

Rick you're right about the background being white. But I have to disagree with you this is the best true color of this coin. And if you check out my fake dime alert thread, you will see some in there that have a very light electro plate to them, and they tend to be a goldish color. But as far as the color on this dime if you put the real one next to the photo they would look the same color. And I believe in my fake dime thread I have examples of a real dime and one of the fakes

 

Rick I'm know this no one is asked you this question yet.(What's the weight)?

 

Again, all in the background, take a look at the coin you posted in thread 35 . You took it with a black background and after the image, it has a dark blue ( 3/4 ) background . So if I were looking for colored coins, I would know that this coin image won't look the same in hand .

Why, because the original background color is " Black "
not " Blue " .....

 

This is what a true-view looks like with a black background and what I would expect if I purchased it on ebay .



There would be no return saying " this isn't the coin in the photograph " Now, here's the sellers images .


Keep in mind, images above, were taken on a black background, not purple and all images are of the same coin too ...