Standing Liberty Quarter struck on SILVER CENT PLANCHET!?!?!

So I found this coin in a roll of 1926 wheat cents. It is exactly the same size as a penny, but weighs in at 3.5g. A standing liberty struck on a cent is unique enough.. but for the planchet to be made of silver, this is absolutely one of a kind

What sort of value could be put on this treasure?! Thoughts??

 

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I bet @paddyman98 knows what it is
It looks like damage???

 

There have been larger denomination coins struck on smaller Planchets. Very rare.
But more investigation is needed to determine what you may have found.
I have no definite answer.

 

This line makes me think you're either:
1) A former carnival barker,
2) An auctioneer, or
3) A trainer of TV coin show announcers.

 

Something doesn't look right about the coin posted. A cent planchet would not be made of silver. This supposed coin, could be struck on a wrong planchet, but as far as US Issue, it isn't. Could be a foreign coin planchet. Start there and see if you can find any coins that are within that weight tolerance.
I think the coin has been altered.

 

This also could have been an abandonment during a ring making process.
aka, PMD

 

I've been searching all over for foreign cents that could match up, and for anything I can compare it to but have found nothing. All I can figure is a silver sheet was fed when they were punching cent planchet, was missed thru processing then eventually made it's way into a bin of quarter planchets, got punched then missed again or carried out.

 

This was ground down at some point.

 

This is not possible - many more would have been found by now. Read about Occam's Razor.

 

Ummmmmm... No

 

Just cut down, plain and simple.

 

Kurt's suggesting Occam's Razor was dead on. Just think about this for a moment. What makes more sense: that you've a magically impossible treasure that's floated around for many years with no one other than you noticing, or that you simply have a damaged coin.

 

I know it's an extremely unlikely scenario, but if that's the case then it only adds to the uniqueness of this coin A guy can dream lol. I don't feel this was intentionally altered outside of the mint, but I could very well be wrong. It is exactly the same size as a penny, and perfectly round with an edge that appears legit for the circumstances. I will add a couple more images.

Regardless of how this coin came to be, it is a really neat piece that I'm very happy to have found. At some point I will send it in to PCGS, along with my Fanged Roosevelt silver dime and a few others

 

As much as I can and do respect your enthusiasm, ToughCoins' succinct response said it best. Unfortunately, for you the only thing a trip to PCGS (or any legit TPG) will result in is both a waste of time and money.

This isn't to say there's anything wrong with liking and/or having it in your collection - one of the beauties of the hobby is that everyone can make it what they want to - but please understand that being the same size as a cent or round is completely meaningless. There have been tens and tens of billions of coins minted just in this country alone, and with this comes literally infinite ways they can be altered or damaged. While it's certainly less common to see an SLQ in such a state, I promise you what you're seeing came at the hands of someone well after the coin left the mint. Still, it's your money, so should you decide to submit it I wish you the best of luck.

 

People really need to sit back and think.
Not only of WHY their coin is special,
But from the opposite viewpoint.

This coin is damaged and how many million ways could it have been damaged, and how do I determine that it is damaged.

Back when I was doing some jewelry work and other metal work I used to use coins as a buffer for hammering. Why? blanks and copper strips were something like 35 cents each. And once they are damaged they are no good. So I would use coins. Do you know why? How much is a quarter? 25 cents .. and how much is a damaged quarter? 25 cents.

With those copper strips I would have to buy them and pay shipping to get them. Or tax. With coins I just use pocket change or go to the bank and get them for their own value which never decreased.

I wish I kept all that damaged coins. I'd sell them on Etsy and be a millionaire by now. matter of fact ... where's my mallet and mini anvil ...

 

I think you took my quote wrong. You need to check what foreign coins the us Mint struck for the particular year, or series. The coin is dateless. Then and only then with the possibility of it being a real planchet, would a person send this coin for Authenticity. Take some time and read up on the minting process. Give it some time hand out here on CT and learn why, or why not you coin is worth sending in.