Hi all, found this forum via google. gotta love google. And since I'm posting from work, no weight or picture data is available. Anyhoo, I was fumbling around with quarters in my pocket and as I was dropping them into my spare change bucket, one of the quarters gave a very odd, dull "plink" noise. It even has an odd ringing noise when I drop the quarters on carpet tiles here at work. Upon closer inspection of this "1964 d" quarter, I find there's no copper in the rim edge. There also seems to be a slight "bulge" in the edge...the metal is a little thicker than a standard quarter. I compared it to a 1997 quarter and everything about the lettering, the trim and even the eagle seems a bit "fatter" in this '64 quarter. The noise was what bothered me the most. It sounds like an metal plug from a circuit box or maybe a spoon in a stack of spoons. Do I just have a silver quarter from the era and there's nothing to worry about? Or did I somehow get a bogus coin? The only thing leading me to believe that it's just the era of the coin is a surpisingly sharp "D" on the back for the Denver mint (I assume), but the '97 quarter has the "D" on the front.... hmmm... Hopefully you can help. thanks.
You have a silver quarter thats why the sound is different it;s all silver. The mint mark was minted in the back of the coin under the eagle in the sixties it is a legitement coin and not an error or anything unusuale Jazzcoins joe
I remember the first clad quarters I saw. Everyone thought they were cheap-looking and they did not have the "ring" that silver quarters have. With no offense to the OP I find it interesting that someone who grew up knowing only clad coins would think a genuine silver coin may be counterfeit because it looks different and has a different ring.
By looking at your avatar you don't look that old to me hobo/ i think you look quite young in fact. Jazzcoins Joe:whistle:
