I found this strange looking 1965 quarter in a roll at work. It fell on the table and sounded funny not like a normal quarter. When I picked it up I noticed that the rim is raised and does not have ridges. LIBERTY also looks weird because it goes with the slant of the rim. Can someone tell me if this is a fake quarter or if it is actually worth something? Thanks I am new to this so I don't know much yet
Hi Melmart82, I don't visit this forum much. I'm an ancients collector. I saw your post under recent topics and thought it was interesting. I know very little about modern coins but it looks to me as though the edge of the quarter has been tooled to fit a jewelry or pendant mounting.
That's what hat I thought as well but there are no there markings to suggest that it was. Only the outside ridges are flat and there are no marks on the front or back that would indicate being held in place to shape the outer rim.
Welcome. NOT a mint error. Spend it and let someone else have some excitement. It looks like a genuine 25c that has the rim "upset" (not tooled) so the reeds are gone. This can happen naturally or altered on purpose.
This is exactly what it is. Someone was going to turn the quarter into a ring. They started tapping the edge with a small hammer or spoon to spreading the edge out. They realized that it was very difficult, especially with the clad quarter they were using. Most of these types of rings are made from silver as silver is softer and easier to work with than copper. Here is what the final ring would have looked like.
I lived in Atlantic City for twenty years. Before all the casinos went paper-only, you could pull quarters like this out of circulation on a daily bases. They'd been cycled through the slots so many times the reeding was worn off and the edges raised, and got moved out of the building into commerce because they weren't of an acceptable diameter to the slot machine any longer.
