Newbie need help -Found something interesting today

lol simple yet genious ill try it (eating popcicle right now). until i can get it weighed.

 

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the popcicle test showed that the 65 in question does weigh more then other quarters but if someone silver plated it themselves then it would weigh more right? i guess ill just have to find somewhere to weigh it.

 

Wrong! The amount of silver deposited in a plating operation is so tiny that it wouldn't register on anything except an extremely sensitive scientific scale. It would be a small fraction of one miligram.

 

Your next step is to get the weight----I mean like the real weight---so take it to a place that will do that for you.
If it is close to a silver quarter then you will need to send it to PCGS or NGC---in this case I would suggest PCGS as all of their error coins go pass Fred Weinberg (sp?) and he is a pretty good known experts on error coins.

Speedy

 

Any science class at school would have a scale to measure these weights, I think. The instructor could show you how it's done and then you could get your own scale and do it from now on. At least it wouldn't cost any thing.

 

Why is it taking so long to get this coin weighed? The suspense is killing me.

 

I also hope it real as it would be a nice find for anyone!....while it wouldn't be the first big find here on CT it would be a large one.

Speedy

 

Sorry guys i just feel stupid going to the pharmacist and asking them to wiegh it. But the suspsense is hurting me bad too. I ordered a scale on ebay so if i can hold off on getting it weighed then ill weigh it myself but in the case that i cant wait any longer i will go somewhere.

 

I am going to go buy some silver dollars tonight from an individual and ill let everyone know what i get.

 

i took scans of the quarter next to a regular 65 but i dont know how it came out sorry im trying here. how to post pictures on here?

 

scans arent that great but oh well ill try to get better ones and working on getting it weighed. the 65 in question is the one on top, you can cleary see the differences and much shinier but i dont know if you can see the gold toning? The differences can be seen alot clearer in person. Let me know what you think, and ill try not to get too heart broken ! :smile

 

what about a ring test. get a silver quarter, clad quarter and your quarter. listen for the sound when you drop them. compare silver has a nice specific ring

 

But if its plated the ring will be off---

Speedy

 

but still should be nothing like the pre-1965 silver quarter's right?

 

Considering the tiny amount of silver added to a solid cu-ni coin by plating it, I would be very surprised if the ring didn't sound exactly the same as an unplated quarter, at least to 99.9% of the population.

 

Roy
Really??...I would have thought that the ring would be "dead".

Speedy

 

one of you that has any plated quarters, has to try it! then we will know