? Silver Clad 1974 Quarter ?

No reason to ship the container to Philadelphia. At that time the mints were making their own planchets. The only reason to ship a planchet container would be the defective planchets from S to D and return the container to S. I suppose it could be possible but unlikely.

You might have a container of defective coins being sent to the metal recycler and then returned to the wrong mint.

 

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Michael
I'm going to respectfully disagree with you( maybe you are speaking of quarters only) or maybe others explain this half 40% dollar. It threw me at first when I was doing my roll search. The only way I found it was for the machine to kick it out because of weight. 1968D Kennedy, clearly showing a distinctive copper clad. I can't explain it, silver ring, silver weight, but it has a copper silver edge. Can anyone explain it for me?

 

why would defective planchets be sent to Denver? wouldn't they be sent to Philly?

 

I've seen all sorts of colors along the edge of 40% halves. Usually the 20% silver center layer is darker than the 80% silver layers, but they tarnish (er, tone) differently, too. Sometimes, rarely, the inner layer can look quite coppery.

 

First 40% half I've ever seen that showed copper on the edge.
The copper isn't laid in there they way it is on clad coinage?
The 40% is alloyed with the copper turning the whole mess gray?
Maybe someone can illustrate the 40% process.

 

Exactly, the silver and copper are alloyed, there would not be layers like a 71 and later Half dollar. why does my coin appear as if there is a copper layer and a silver layer?

I'm going to put it up on the Error coin board and see what everyone thinks there.

 

OP. could you post a photo of the edge of this quarter you have. Thanks

 

Denver is closer. If Denver is closer why send them to Philly? They are just going to be struck into circulation coins (and the 40% planchets were NOT supposed to be sent anywhere.)

 

Because the Philadelphia Mint was the main Mint facility at the time. Wasn't it the de facto Mint headquarters?

 

Sure it is the main facility, but why ship planchets there for use when they can be used at Denver. Especially when it would be faster and cheaper to sent them to Denver. You would TELL Philadelphia what you were shipping but Philly doesn't need to physically handle them.

 

But there are layers. The outer layers are 80% silver and 20% copper, bound to an inner layer that's 80% copper and 20% silver. The layers absolutely look different, although the inner layer doesn't look as red as the pure copper inner layer of a copper-nickel-clad example.

 

I see this thread is from 2017 but I haven’t found much info on this topic anywhere else. I just found a 1974 P that looks like all the rest of the 1974 P’s I have but this one weighs in at 6.22g. I’ve weighed it several times along with a half dozen other 1974 quarters and each time it weighs in at 6.22g the rest are about 5.5g the side of the coin definitely shows a clad layer. Any ideas as to why this quarter would weigh so much more?

 

I see this thread is from 2017 but I haven’t found much info on this topic anywhere else. I just found a 1974 P that looks like all the rest of the 1974 P’s I have but this one weighs in at 6.22g. I’ve weighed it several times along with a half dozen other 1974 quarters and each time it weighs in at 6.22g the rest are about 5.5g the side of the coin definitely shows a clad layer. Any ideas as to why this quarter would weigh so much more?

 

I see this thread is from 2017 but I haven’t found much info on this topic anywhere else. I just found a 1974 P that looks like all the rest of the 1974 P’s I have but this one weighs in at 6.22g. I’ve weighed it several times along with a half dozen other 1974 quarters and each time it weighs in at 6.22g the rest are about 5.5g the side of the coin definitely shows a clad layer. Any ideas as to why this quarter would weigh so much more?

 

Start a new separate thread. Pictures are needed.

Could be struck on thicker than normal planchet.

Welcome to CoinTalk

 

Here's an interesting site I found while checking to see if there are any known '74 quarters struck on half dollar stock;

https://varietyerrors.com/wrong-planchet-coin-error-price-guide/

It doesn't appear to list this type of error but off the top of my head 6.22 g sees a little to light for this type of error.

 

Do start your own thread for a more complete discussion.

 

Here's something interesting from my collection

 

I have a 1974 quarter that is most definitely clad in something because the inner layer is wearing away very clearly all the way around the coin. I’m very interested to find out what this is. I also have a 1979 quarter that is clearly sandwiched together into three very obvious layers.

 

I have a 1974 quarter that is most definitely clad in something because the inner layer is wearing away very clearly all the way around the coin. I’m very interested to find out what this is. I also have a 1979 quarter that is clearly sandwiched together into three very obvious layers.