First off i'm new here, and would like to say this is a great site for a novice. So I have a few coins from my grandfathers collection, and one looks out of place. The quarter is I would guesstimate 15% larger than a standard quarter. It seems to have some dimples/pitting? Hope the pictures help. And yes, I totally understand this could be a fake, just hoping theres a better answer!The less shiny one is the one in question.
based on the fuzzy details, i think you have a cast copy of a quarter. what this was made for and why is beyond me. the 1945 is not a key date, so it wasn't made to fool coin collectors. unlike the hennings nickel, i don't know of any large scale counterfeiting operations on the quarter. where did you find this piece?
it was just mixed in a bunch of coins my grandfather had. No one was selling it or anything. And I doubt my grandfather would have bought it. So guess he found it or recieved it as change.
well even if it's not a key date counterfeit, it could still be sold as being a 'silver' 1945 quarter, which in these days is fairly a hefty profit
Yea, i've got it mixed in with my junk silver coins right now. It does appear to be silver at the very least. Which is why I would believe it is real, just not "right" Thanks for the help all. Starting to get into collecting, and this site is great for info.
My gus says 'damage', but I just don't know what could cause this....? I'm interested to see what a more seasoned numismatist has to say.
Haha! Steamroller isnt out of the question! But the face and all the lettering are still "raised". Its the pitting/dimples that worry me. But why would any one copy this quarter, and do a poor job if it? And make it out of silver?
I honestly do think it was flattened by something. How is the thickness and weight in comparison to the 1964?
could be a cast copy and still made out of silver. in the 1940s the value of silver was worth less than the face value of the coin. so you could make cast copies and still come out ahead. however, usually these sorts of things happen in large quantities. i've heard of this with the hennings nickels and the mercury dimes that came out of the soviet union, but nothing with quarters.
So it could be made of nickel as it's not magnetic and looks like silver from the edge. Try what they call the ring test as it isn't a rare or Unc. piece and see if it has that sweet silver ring when dropped on a hard surface. Also the 4 doesn't match up with the 4 in the 64 coin. it's more of a line with a < stamped on it. Could be a counterfeit from the 80's great precious metal melt that's why you already had it for some time.
Nickel is magnetic unless it's an alloy such as copper-nickel. Check the edge of the coin. Is it brown at all like a 65-current quarter?
A "Texas" quarter. Put coin between two pieces of stiff leather and beat with a sledgehammer. The leather protects the coin and conforms to the entire surface so the blows are spread evenly to all surfaces rather than flattening the details. As in the coining press the coin expands outward radially and evenly. The result is a coin slightly larger and thinner with all details still proportionally correct.
That's crazy about the "Texas" quarter! Maybe that's it! The ring has no brown around it. And the sound, is like my other "junk silver" coins. I guess the Texas quarter is the best representation. Thanks a lot guys. I'll have many more pictures Of questions I have from my grandfathers collection!!
