2007 D Montana Quarter (SILVER)

I have a 2007 Montana State Quarter that is Silver and has a Denver mintmark on it. I have brought it to some local coin dealers to ensure that it was real. It is definately silver and what looks to be an error coin. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

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Welcome to the forum jrobare32. My thought would be 'do you have any pictures of the error'? Thanks

 

We need pictures and more information. Is this business strike or a Mint issue? What is the weight?

 

Photo do help!!!!!!:kewl:

 

Welcome to the Forum! Yes we need to see some pictures for the coin to see what type of error you have. The wieght if it is silver should be 5.75 grams, clad weight is 5.67 grams.

 

Interesting claim but doubtful its authentic.

 

I did contact ANACS and wil be sending it to them to decide that. Have you ever heard of anything like this.

 

while unlikely, it is possible, but why do you think it is silver?

 

The dealers I brought it to weighed it and inspected it. They were sure it is Silver. I have also done the common tests to check. Rub test on the edge to try to reveal the copper but found no copper. Also the sound and the look of it compared to other quarters. Also the tissue test. Everything points to silver. Do you think it might be a different type of metal?

 

I don't mean to be doubtful, but pictures, the exact weight, where you found it and why you felt it wasn't clad would all make it easier to help out.
I would suggest seeing if Mike Diamond (President of CONECA) would take a look and verify it. It would be quicker and less expensive than ANACS.

 

I'm not sure yet how to post the pics on this site. But I found this in pocket change last year. Until I started doing research recently I knew very little about minting and what the letters meant. You're right it is hard to believe because it's something that should not be but I will figure out how to post the pics and get an exact weight.

 

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Thanks

 

I've seen a number of state quarters with no copper visible on the edge. All were plated outside the Mint. I don't know what a "rub test" is, and the tissue test is not reliable. A weight accurate to the nearest 1/10 or 1/100 gram is the first requirement in arriving at a tentative diagnosis.

I can tell you that not a single silver (or even solid-alloy) state quarter has been verified as authentic.

 

While there is an outside chance that this coin is actually silver, it is most likely silver -plated.

The layer is extremely thin so it does not effect the weight much at all. The edge also receives the plating so that is not a definitive way to identify this coin as silver.

A specific gravity test would help.

Silver plated coins were all the rage on those semi- unrealistic coin selling shows on some of the shopping channels.

Now that people are finding out that they have no value above a quarter each, they are beginning to turn up in circulation and in rolls of coins.

In the past few weeks I've found several gold plated coins.

Have it checked out but don't be disapointed if your dealer friends got it wrong.

Thanks,
Bill

 

HSN Quarter!

 

No the weight of a silver quarter is 6.25 grams not 5.75

The tissue test will tell you if the outside is silver but it won't tell tell you if it is silver all the way through or just plated on the outside.

This past Tuesday the secretary of our local coin club went to the bank to get change for his business and came back with three rolls of gold plated state quarters.

 

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I know this is a really old post but I have a 2007 D Washington 1889 quarter exactly like yours....silver....

 

I know this is a really old post bit I have a 2007 D Washington 1889 quarter that looks like it might be silver....found or in circulation