1966 Washington Quarter FAKE OR Error

I purchased this quarter today from a dealer at the flea market. He said he recieved it back n change the other day and noticed it was different. It appears to be made of some material with an aluminum mix as it is lighter than a US quarter. I would guess it is just a fake but why would someone fake a quarter (common year). I was wondering if there was any chance it could have been an error from the mint. Any help is appreciated.

 

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it's real

 

It looks real to me, just with a lot of damage. But, as GD said...we need the weight of the coin to be sure. Because, he is right, there is profit to be made by counterfeiting one.

There is precedence for modern counterfeit coins of small denominations. A famous example is the Henning Nickel.

 

Counterfeit quarters in a slot machine could be very profitable !!

 

looks real but beat up to me

 

Does the R in trust look funny to anyone else or is it just how they were that year?

 

Sorry I was away for a few days. I currently do not have a scale to get an accurate weight on the coin. I posted a few more pics one of the R and one of the side. It has a reeded edge. The coin will bend pretty easily with just a small amount of pressure. I will try to get a scales this week and get the weight of the coin. Thanks again

 

I think it is fake.... if it is not you have something very special. The bad part is I somehow really doubt you have something very special. For your sake I hope you do.....

Looksa lika funny money to a me.

 

I would say it is a fake as well but was just curious and hoping for something rare.

 

Aren't slot machines calibrated to reject any coin that isn't the correct weight? I remember seeing that on a documentary about a guy counterfeiting casino coins. He then got the weight right, but now the machines were spitting his "coins" out because they sensed somehow that the alloy wasn't right.

 

Look, no clad.

 

The reeding really looks odd , and if you can bend it with your fingers it probably isn't real , it could have been made to use in parking meters back when anything close in size would work , today a coin must have a certain magnetic signature to work in the newer machines .
rzage

 

FIrst for the good news:

That is an extremely rare lead quarter.
Made by elves in South America.
ebay value: priceless.

The bad news:

Don't try to spend it.
[illegal to knowingly spend counterfeit money.]

The good news:

ebay will never know.

 

This is the first thing I was looking for. It may take 6 cents to make a coin, but how much does it make the die to make the coin. The first coin is always the most expensive, after you've made a million of them . . . then maybe your cost is 6 cents. But why would anybody make such a damaged design? Bottom line . . . it's real . . . spend it.

 

I have one just like that dated 1965. Soft metal, bendable. Is reeded. I don't have a scale to weigh it, but it's close to correct. It even rings much like a "real" quarter when dropped.

 

I'm going to vote neither. It doesn't look like an error, just post-mint damage, and the quarter looks genuine as far as I can tell.

 

this does not appear to be genuine.

 

Slot machines that take quarters still exist? Not in Atlantic City.

 

I think it's reaI,l just think it's been through hell looks like it was in
the street, and cars ran over it



. The moto looks like there is some die deteriation doubling.
Jazzcoins Joe :whistle::whistle: