<4 gram 1978 Quarter

the bank teller handed this 1978 quarter to me today. It feels like aluminum. No visible copper. Any thoughts?

Thank you

 

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It looks fake to me. Probably pot metal. Is there a casting seam?

 

No visible seam

 

Maybe it's from this
http://articles.courant.com/1999-11-12/news/9911120186_1_coins-counterfeit-copying

 

I'll bet it's something like that. Seems like a laborious way to "make" money to me, though -- I'd think if someone were that industrious, they'd be able to find plenty of ways to make money that wouldn't get the Feds after them.

 

Agreed. Now let's see how long until the Feds come after me for receiving this.

 

I think you will be ok lol. I'd keep it as an example to compare to in the event you run into any more potential fakes.

 

There is a Quarter that was stamped out with dime stock planchets,so it is thinner but the correct quarter size. It would also have a low weight. Thing is I cannot
remember the date right now , I do know it was early "70's".

 

A dime would not weigh 4 grams.

 

I'm not sure how much dime stock punch out as Quarter blanks would weight. I saw Paddyman98 post one of these said quarter awhile back. Not even saying this is what the OP has ,but it's just good information I was passing on. For some reason a
date of 74 comes to mind for this error.

 

I thought you were talking about a quarter struck on a dime planchet.

 

This is a softer alloy. You may be able to see some of the dents in the photos

 

I figured that, Sorry I did not quite explain that very clearly.

 

I think he meant dime stock was accidentally used to punch out quarter planchets. Seems like I do remember it being in 1974.

 

1970-D, often in mint sets.