First let me tell you that this is a lot more gold and perfect in hand than the photos seem to show. I was at Burger King and the clerk was handing me my change and he had this coin, he held it up looked at it, then put it back in the drawer. I asked "what was that?" and he said it was a quarter that had some sort of a chemical treatment. I asked to see it so he handed it to me. I told him it had been gold plated and asked if I could trade him a normal quarter he gave me for it and he said "OK". It looks uncirculated to me, is very nicely plated gold, and looks perfect in hand. How many times have you gotten a gold plated coin back in change? Pretty cool, huh? Yes, I realize the gold plating is very thin and the coin is probably not even worth 50 cents, but it's still pretty cool!
I can remember my wife's uncle before he passed buying these state quarter sets off of TV coin shows. Now he did have some nice coins that over the years pulled from his business cash register . As for the state quarters he purchased them for his grand children as most older folks do. Believing that they would increase in value. I said to Morris . ...they are coffee money spend them... unless the grand kids want them! It's sad that "granny bait" as such can be sold to people whom are unaware of their true value.
I got this bad boy for free in the Coin Star return slot. It's a gold plated South Dakota. I really like it (it looks better in hand) so I saved it.
I have a Liberty very shiny 2016 dollar coin and it has lady Liberty on one side and Mohawk Iron Workers on the other side. Is this a phony coin?
