I have a 2004 Iowa quarter that has no copper insert in the reeded edge

Try the macro setting on your camera. It usually looks like a flower icon.

 

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Yeah I tried that and I can get somewhat close but still kind of blurry... and I can't get a clear shot of the rim ( I made sure that was worded right) which would show that there is no copper insert. I will try again and just go ahead and post whatever comes out

 

http://www.cointalk.com/t114269/

 

You are trying to hold the camera too close-back off to about 8 inches and take a pic. Use the zoom lens to get closer instead of holding the camera on top of it.

 

That would be the edge.

 

i don't mean to necrobump, but i found a similar quarter today and thought i'd share a couple pics. it sounds like a clad quarter and, with the exception of the edge, looks like a clad quarter as well. i haven't got a precise enough scale available to determine a close weight (the closest i can get is about 0.2 ounces).

anyways, to the pics of my '03 maine. the pics aren't the greatest but it's the best i can do with my phone's camera while at work. what's it look like to you guys?

 

I am no error expert, but I am looking at the overall condition, (nice AU minimum), and then at the reeding. The reeding looks like its on a Good graded coin, not an AU one. To me, that is a clear tipoff that this coin was plated.

Just my opinion.

Chris

 

i am also no expert on these types of coins. if it is indeed plated, what would the plating likely be? i picked up a gold plated alabama quarter from circulation last week, but i'd never seen any plated quarters prior to that.

 

Sounds like the Coin Vault is missing one of their plated quarters.

 

then i suppose they can have it back for two bits...?

 

Telesleaze marketers like Coin Vault came up with this gimmick for coins that wouldn't grade high enough so they could get recoup their investment. It doesn't matter if they are plated with silver, bronze, gold, platinum or dog poop. The plating is only about one mil thick. So, if you put the plating material into one pan of a balance scale and a flea in the other, the flea would probably weigh more.

Chris

 

i guess i'll ask differently. for the advancement of my knowledge on this particular coin, are we looking at silver, bronze, gold, platinum, or dog poop plating?

 

Maybe I'm just hallucinating, but I see flecks of yellow in the reeding and also along the inside edge of the rim. It looks to me like this coin was colorized at one time.

Chris

 

i think that the yellow coloring in the recesses is purely an artifact of the low quality camera. i noticed that as well before i posted the pics, but i cannot see anything of the sort with the naked eye, even at 10x.

 

This is interesting information. I just recently collected a Massachusetts state 25 cent piece with a solid silver tone on the edge. 2000. Mint is P. I've checked with my loupe and it doesn't appear to be plated. Reeding is definate, yet it is attracted to magnetism. I suspect it could have been struck on a wrong planchette. Weight equals 5.67 grams while a normal copper clad should be 5.7 grams. Any ideas folks? Email = domdino57@aol.com

 

I hope you realize this thread is a year old. You should probably start a new thread, and include pictures of your fine.

And as a small side note, you shouldn't post your email in the open forum. Web bots can get a hold of it and send you a bunch spam mail.

 

I stand by my original suggestion. I recall seeing these nickel plated at the time, being sold like Chris said by telesleeze. Nickel plating will give the coin magnetic properties.

You say you checked with a loupe and its not plated. Do you really know you are qualified to make that determination? Electrolic deposition of plating will make it very even and very tiny amounts.

Given these coins history, I would say the burden of proof is on you and very high to prove this is not post mint damage.

 

Official weight of a clad quarter is 5.67 grams. Then there is the +/- .227 gram tolerance range. So a regular clad quarter can weigh anywhere from 5.44 grams to 5.9 grams. You say you looked really closely at it with a loupe and it didn't appear to be plated. What does a plating layer look like? and how is the even smooth surface of a plating any different from the even smooth surface of a non-plated surface?

 

Thanks for the inputs folks. That's quite a window as far as weight goes.

 

4% tolerance on planchets doesn't seem that out of whack. It'd probably cost MUCH more to go with tighter tolerance.