1970 quarter 1941 date on back.

You need to learn more about coins before you try to "cash in" on nonexistent errors. ~ Chris

 

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Sorry, to bare bad news but your coin isn't struck over a 1941 quarter for the following reasons:

* The 1970S Proof quarter was made by a clandestine mint employee. At the time San Francisco only made Proof Quarters for sets, not circulation. If you read the link, you'll see that the coin was never in circulation. Also, there were a number of "spectacular" mint errors coming from the SF mint during the 70s and the overwhelming consensus is that the "had help" leaving the mint.

* 1941 quarters were struck on silver planchets. You coin is clad which wasn't introduced until 1965. It would be impossible for the original 1941 understrike to be on a clad planchet.

Hope this helps

 

I knew I shouldn’t have replied to this thread...

 

@Steve333 just from reading your posts since you joined, it is apparent that you need to do a lot of reading and educate yourself about the minting process and other things in general. Nothing you have posted so far is anything you think they are. Pareidolia is strong and you are trying to find errors before knowing what error really are. Stop trying so hard and just enjoy collecting. Just trying to be helpful, not mean.

 

You may not want to use medical information as your background. This is the internet after all

 

What do you mean medical information?

 

Thanks for the heads up I didn't even realize I did that

 

This thread and that Numbnutist poster are my daily reminder to avoid the error forum and to keep my ignore list up to date.

 

Maybe you should put it on ignore nobody wants to hear that negativity. Kindly keep it to yourself. I'm learning the rules here thanks corgi

 

Is your 1970 in that stack of 12 in the photo where you are showing the edges? If it is, then it is obviously a clad quarter as all that you pictured are clad.

 

There's no doubling on that Quarter. As for the date of 1941 on the reverse, well if I use my imagination I see it. It's the Eagles worn claws. It's 50 years later old and well circulated.

 

It’s so hard to look away though.

 

It is yes. Looks different from the others.

 

Why? The drama or the thought of a real error?

 

All of the quarters you pictured are normal clad, you can see the copper core in all of them. There is no way any of them were once a 1941 Canadian quarter.

 

It is skinnier than the others and the rim is a totally different color. Also makes a different sound when dropped

 

As Sergeant Schultz used to say, "I see nothING." Really, I see absolutely no sign of "1941."

Steve

 

Whenever I get told something like that I get the man's name and phone number. I tell him that I'll be trying to sell it and ask him if he would be willing to pay half of what he said it is worth. Once my investigations reveal the actual value of the item I give him a call and say that I'm not willing to do the work to get his price and ask him to buy it and make that profit himself. Rinse and repeat as often as he is willing to do it.

 

The coin drop technique has more drawbacks than benefits. You can tell whether a coin is silver, silver clad or clad by eye. If you drop a coin and "discover" that it is silver you have a good chance of creating a damaged coin with next to no value over melt. Big bucks flow away from coins with rim dings and you are creating rim dings this way. Even when sorting heavily circulated coins of mixed clad and silver there are quicker and better ways to pull the silver than dropping the coins individually. It is up to you to determine whether the person who told you to do that was uninformed or just being mean and hoping to harm you.