1965 Silver Quarter

I'm learning lots, but yet I have to say this coin might be an error because of weight problom. I've done the best I could to check if it's silver, I guess I'll need to send it in.

 

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Well, you already know from this thread that it's not only far too light to be silver, but it's also also useful to know that your measurement is well within the official weight tolerance for clad, +/- .227g. I wouldn't think of telling you how to spend your money but I know what I'd do with mine in this circumstance - keep it in my pocket.

 

You need to waste money to learn what has already been posted?
Send it in. Learn the hard way.

 

But still within the tolerance range for coppernickel clad.

 

Oy vey! I just had someone ask me, "I have a silver penny at home; what's it worth?" Again?

Know what would be cool? A British Maundy penny.

 

Hello i e been doin research on this 1965 silver error struck US Mint quarter. And I came across this discussion board. Well I actually really have one. I came across it from selling ice cream in a very very rich private beach mansion. And a very old lady gave it to me for change well I kept it cause it looked silver. Come to find out they stopped making them silver in 64. Well. This one is silver rim has no clad of copper. Also has a chip where if u look w magnifying glass u can see it’s all silver no clad. And under magnifying glass it looks very good possible au53. And he’s right about dropping it compared to normal quarter it makes a different noise as well as the silver is more of a soft metal. I am very sure mine is silver. Don’t stick to magnet either. I will post pictures if any one can give me any advise.

Thanks.

edited - forum rules

 

I advise you post pictures... Even better, start your own unique thread with pictures.

 

What does it weigh? A real 1965 silver quarter is unbelievably rare. Knowing the weight is the easiest way to test it.

Also the magnet test is meaningless. The only magnetic us coin is the 1943 cent.

 

Sounds like some guy (look at the posting time) coming off a bender.........

 

I am going to gamble here and say, no, no you don't.

 

Tequila. What can I say? Wait. Canadian? Sure.

 

I rarely keep these zombie threads going but this made me think about something. I notice that on 1965 quarters and sometimes 78 and I currently have a 1980 quarter that when you get it back in change it makes a higher pitch ring than normal clad. I know it's not silver and it weighs the same as normal clad. I also know that I am not crazy because I ping several coins of same years along with other clad quarters. Long story short as said I know the coins aren't silver but what is the possibility of a non traditional makeup of clad? Like when it was poured to make the clad sheet it maybe had a 80% copper 20% nickel. I know the percents aren't exact but I hope that you all know what I mean.

 

Thin layers, eh? Here’s my biggest problem with the whole “ring” thing - STOP DAMAGING THE COIN!!!!

 

well I guess since a clad layer is considered a sandwich then yes possibly a thin layer. But also what about the possibility that when the alloy was made up they got it wrong, then they poured the metal and then the planchet was made from an erroneous metal alloy.

 

lol ok @V. Kurt Bellman I only pinged the coin enough to know that it makes a distinguishable ring.

 

I believe this thought might fall on deaf ears.

 

Slight variations in the copper nickel alloy can effect the ring, as can the thickness of the strip, or the strength of the strike, or trapped gas bubbles in the alloy, or trapped bubbles between the layers, or internal cracks or other flaws inside the coin.

The ring test is not a very precise test. Ears also aren't a very precise testing instrument.

 

Here is a question for some of you history experts.

This resurrected thread got me thinking. I know that the 1964 silver quarter was minted after 1964 so both silver and clad planchets must have been used at the same time. That fact that a handful of errors occurred with planchets being swapped is not that surprising.

But, what about Canadian planchets? If I understand it at this time the US mint was producing some coins for Canada. Is that right? Did we ever produce quarters for them? I know the Canadian quarter had a silver composition until 1968. Has there even been a 1965 or later us quarter round on a silver Canadian planchets?

 

The Canadas are 80% and lighter in weight. (5.83/ 6.25)
You would have to check weight and composition. IDK if we minted silver Canadian quarters. There is this though:

• Canada 1968 Dime struck on a U.S. Dime planchet
• Canada 1969 Dime struck on a U.S. Dime planchet
• Canada Elizabeth II 50 Cent 2000, Struck on an U.S. Sacagawea $1 planchet PCGS
• Canada 2000 June - Harmony Millennium commemorative twenty-five Cent piece struck on a Type I Planchet intended for a U.S. Five Cent Coin, 5 Grams composed of Cupro Nickel.

 

I know they are different weight and composition. I was more curious if we ever minted their quarters and if so if any mis-matched planchets have been found. I had heard of the Dimes before so it made me wonder.

If memory serves they went from an 80% silver to a 50% silver in the mid-60s too.