I found this a couple months ago, havent really looked into exactly what it is and why it is the way it is. I took it to my local coin shop and he had no clue exact what it is, the only thing he could think of is when they layered the metal to be stamped, the copper sheet in the middle was missing and it stamped it w/o the copper, it is however the same thickness as a normal quarter. It caught my eye when I was checking the side of the quarter rolls at work, looking for silver coins, and saw it thinking that it was a silver quarter in really good condition, pulled it out, nope, it was illinois. It looks like a PRE-1965 quarter. What to you think? Thanks in advance for any help. (PIC = 257K)
Howdy bizlur - Welcome to the Forum !! What I think is that you have an ordinary quarter. It doesn't happen all that often, but it does happen sometimes that when clad coins are struck that the clad layer is pushed down over the copper center. Thus no copper shows on the edge. If you examine any group of clad coins you will see that quite often the copper shpwing on the edge is quite uneven. The difference in materials moves up and down around the edge as you turn the coin. Sometimes almost the entire edge will be copper - sometimes just a sliver. And sometimes - it will be just like your coin with no copper showing. But just to make sure - weigh your coin on a scale that measures to the hundreth of a gram. If the weight is correct - you have just what I explained above - an ordinary quarter.
Hi, It should be checked by someone familiar with errors. It could be struck ona planchet intended for something else. Have Fun, Bill
Are you sure its not a silver proof planchet that recieved a business strike through some sort of mix up. I realize taht its possible that the punching operation caused the cladding on the edge to cover the core but I would think the reeding would show a little copper.
The fastest way is if you can take that coin and weight it. That way if it's the same weight as an average quarter, then it's just some mechnical error. If it's not, and heavier than an average quarter, you might have some silver there and possibly a serious error there
ok.... weird.... i found another one, this one is a georgia... i took a couple of pics before i put it in a holder this time. The nickel of it doesn't look like the nickel in the normal quarters... look at the pics you will see what i mean.
the more often you find them, the easier it is to see that its pretty common - whatever the reason for their existance...
pretty common? not quite... i go through about $1500 (3 boxes) of quarters every week at work, this is only the second one I have found in past year since i started collecting. I look for silver quarters/dime/nickels, and when you first see this it looks like a silver quarter but just too perfect, i knew right when i saw it, no way, too new looking to be a silver quarter, pulled it out and I was right.
It is pretty doubtful that it could be a Silver Proof Planchet! The coin is an Illinois Quarter minted at the Philadelphia Mint and Proof coins are minted at the San Francisco Mint. Although the Dies are still made at the Philadelphia Mint and shipped to the San Francisco Mint, the Silver Planchet (Roll) Stock is shipped directly to the San Francisco Mint from the Supplier. I think GDJMSP's explanation is correct! Frank
