I just received a few oregon Quarters from a bill changer and one has a pale yellow color on the reverse. i understand this is a missing layer? I'm sorry I can't do a scan right now, but I will work on getting an image. Any info on the rarity of this? Thanks! Dan
image of Oregon cladding error Here is a poor image I made with my web-cam showing a normal and the error coin. Dan
soopergrape, I think that all would agree to hold off on any determination of the coloring on the coin until you have some other closeup pictures! Most of the State Quarters tone to shades of yellow, yellowish brown, brown and even to a light reddish copper with time and when exposed to the enviroment. I believe that the composition of the Cladding is somewhat different on these quarters than quarters produced through the 70's, 80's and through 1998 as the earlier quarters have not shown the amount and different variations of toning as the State Quarters. However, it is possible that the coloring is due to a sintering error but I will leave that up to the experts, once you have some better pictures! Good luck...Frank
I don't think its missing the clad layer...it looks like dirt or something... In this thread http://www.cointalk.org/thread8147-missing-a-silver-layer.html there is a photo of a coin missing the clad layer... I'm not sure if this could be a test planchet or not... Speedy
Oregon un-clad? I don't know. The front and edges are bright like the other Oregons I got at the same time. The color looks about like this in normal lighting: http://img94.exs.cx/img94/7605/picture0316gc.jpg (the shot below is in indirect sunlight to try and bring up some detail) ...but it doesn't look any thinner than the others, or like a layer is missing-more like a thin extra layer to me. Oh well. It isn't going anywhere no matter. I'll post a scan when I can get one. This is a little bit better shot of it, but still limited by the cam-sorry. Thanks. Dan
