Has anyone seen one that is silver in color not the regular gold color. I got one in some change the other day and haven't been able to find anything online, maybe I'm not looking in the right places. Could the gold finish on these be "stripped"? Oh it's a 2000 P.
Might be a mint error, but it could have been put in acid to get rid of the gold color. Could you take any pics? Phoenix
Once the coins have been in circulation for a while they sometimes get an almost grey color. Or it is possible you have found a plated coin.
I got it out of one those change machines in a post office. Alright the finish on it looks like a quarter or a nickel finish but it shows in the scans much darker than it really is. My camera doesn't take pictures of coin for anything so this is the best I can do.
Yeah it is neat but I'm leaning towards it being plated as well. If you look at the rim on the scans there appears to be "off-colored" spots.
I have one like yours (a 2000P) and I've been unable to find out any info on it--I have no idea why it is the way it is...I haven't looked at it for a while, but it doesn't appear to have any plating problems--it has the color of a quarter. I got it from a bank in the southern Idaho area. I'll try and get some pictures up very soon.
What does the edge of the coin look like? Does it look like your typical clad coin? There were some mint errors where the Sac was struck on 1999 SBA blanks.
I think we're in for some surprises with the Sac series. I've recently seen all kind of color variations on uncirculated SACs. There are a couple of people on e-bay who are Yelling and Screaming to put them into Airtites. - stops oxidation - i.e. TONING. This could be an interesting series to watch down the road.... ALL of the above remarks apply to the Dead Prez Circulating series.....
In that case it is probably just discolored or plated. As mentioned earlier if they actually circulate they do go through a stage where they take on a gray collor for awhile.
I've tried to take pictures of mine, but to no avail. The side is smooth, with a copper-colored layer and a silver-colored layer; the copper being about twice as thick as the silver. Any ideas?
If you are correct, it may well be that it was struck on a wrong planchet. You need to have the coin authenticated.
