1965 Silver Quarter

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by James Westeen, Feb 15, 2014.

  1. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    From the looks of those rims it appears that some of the metal had been ground off. What's the diameter of the coin? It should measure 24.3 mm.
     
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  3. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    Which might explain the slight loss in weight from the normal 6.3 grams. Unfortunately though that rim damage will take a big hit on value.
     
  4. James Westeen

    James Westeen New Member

    Thanks for all the help. I will put up what happens. I find lots of coins between work & metal detecting so I am sure I will have more questions for you all!!!
     
  5. BUncirculated

    BUncirculated Well-Known Member

  6. AWORDCREATED

    AWORDCREATED Hardly Noticeable

    Range being the key determinant ...

    Perhaps someone could check my numbers, especially regards the steels cents, I don't recall but that might have been an assumption from the Cu planchet data source.

    Assuming your weight is accurate at a minimum you have an out of spec overweight planchet.
     

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  7. rysherms

    rysherms Alpha Member

    actually the edge does not look like it was ground down. look again. the weathering is highly irregular and random, as would appear to happen from circulating for 50 years. if it was ground, you would see a completely different pattern.

    i suggest bringing it to a pawn shop first where they have one of those spectral analyzer guns that will spit out the metal composition. then spend $50 getting it graded.
     
  8. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Is it me or does it look like copper showing through on George's face? Like it has been worn down to the copper core?
     
  9. rascal

    rascal Well-Known Member

    The OP's coin looks like it may have been one of the silver ones but it has been cut on and damaged so many times , I doubt't if it would be worth very nuch now. some folks that only save silver coins uses knives to cut off a tiny piece to check if they are silver or not. non coin collectors will do about anything to the coins.
     
  10. SPP Ottawa

    SPP Ottawa Numismatist

    A test on an XRF should solve this mystery...
     
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  11. Weston

    Weston Well-Known Member

    All 1965 silver quarters would be considered an error. A non-intentional production.
     
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  12. Jim M

    Jim M Ride it like ya stole it

    Got to love it when people start talking about something they know nothing about. 19lyrds is correct, they are out there. If your quarter does in fact weigh as you say, I would send it to one of the attributors like James Wiles, John Wexler, Mike Diamond or Ken Potter.
     
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  13. BUncirculated

    BUncirculated Well-Known Member

    Error dates in that they were struck in 64 but with the 65 date on in error, not struck in 65.
     
  14. Weston

    Weston Well-Known Member

    Unsure what you are trying to say. If it has the date of 1965 on it, it was presumably struck in 1965.
     
  15. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Works for me.......
     
  16. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Huh?

    Since 1965 quarters were supposed to be Copper Nickel Clad, what else wpuld you classify a 1965 Quarter that was minted on a 90% Silver Planchet?

    Ane the statement was that none exist or those that had been minted were melted. The reality is that those that were "caught" were melted but even those were minted in error.

    Off Metal errors are what account for these coins.
     
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  17. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    No 1965 dated dimes, quarters, or halves were struck until after May 1965. There was a date freeze in effect and the 65's were delayed while the composition change and the coinage act of 1965 were debated.
     
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  18. mikediamond

    mikediamond Coin Collector

    From the looks of it, this may well be a contemporary counterfeit composed of a base metal. Common-date counterfeits occur in many years and their appearance ranges from crude to frighteningly convincing.
     
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