1965 Washington Quarter with unusual ring

I wonder how many coins were degraded by dropping for ring?

 

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I wonder how many were worth grading after the 'dropping'......

 

What I said?

 

I dunno but I wouldnt ever drop a coin that I know is valuable on any surface unless it was already in circulated state which the one I was referring to has been in circulation for 50 years. I had a friend do that to a AU Morgan one time and I nearly slapped him lol

 

I have the same quarter and it does sound like silver. Please let me know what you find out about this coin

 

I also have the same quarter. It does sound exactly like a silver quarter. Did anyone find out anything about this coin

 

I also have the same quarter. It does sound exactly like a silver quarter. Did anyone find out anything about this coin

 

I also have the same quarter. It does sound exactly like a silver quarter. Did anyone find out anything about this coin

 

Hi @Thomasd1968 while I have not confirmed why the ring sounds similar to silver I do believe as others have said which is that the annealing process can give the coin a unusual tone when dropped on a surface. Every time I get one of these quarters I still have to do a double take to make sure it's not silver.

 

If the edge of the coin is not completely white it can't be silver.
Even if it is, it could be plated.
Silver quarters weigh 6.25 grams and clad 5.67 g. Always weigh any
coin you have a question about. Yes some 1965's were accidentally minted
on old 1964 silver planchets. Forget about any ring test. Silver has an
unmistakable patina. If there is copper on the edge, if it looks normal it is.
It's a billion to 1 against being silver.

 

This thread is 4 years old, wow 4 years hard to believe. It never had anything to do with the possibility of being silver as anyone can see the edge has a copper layer. The reason I asked the question was that there are some quarters that have a higher pitch ring. Over the years I have noticed them in a few different dates. I also think it has something to do with the annealing process.

 

I have a 1965 exactly how you’re describing yours to be. The face looks silver, and it sounds like silver when dropped on a hard surface. I have other 1965 clad quarters that do not sound remotely close to the one that looks and sound like silver.

 

I have a 1965 exactly how you’re describing yours to be. The face looks silver, and it sounds like silver when dropped on a hard surface. I have other 1965 clad quarters that do not sound remotely close to the one that looks and sound like silver.

 

I have a 1965 exactly how you’re describing yours to be. The face looks silver, and it sounds like silver when dropped on a hard surface. I have other 1965 clad quarters that do not sound remotely close to the one that looks and sound like silver.

 

I have a 1965 exactly how you’re describing yours to be. The face looks silver, and it sounds like silver when dropped on a hard surface. I have other 1965 clad quarters that do not sound remotely close to the one that looks and sound like silver.

 

If you have read any of the posts, always weigh your coin first. That will answer
most possible questions. 2nd, look at the edge, if it is not completely white, if
there is any copper color at all, it is a normal quarter. The ring test is not accurate.

 

The inside of a 40% clad half is 10% silver and the outside 80% silver.

 

There are several 1965 silver quarters and one 1964 clad quarter.

 

In 1965 they had not yet perfected bonding cu/ ni to cu. Most of the strip was produced by applying huge pressure hydraulically and then exploding dynamite above the strips. This results in lots of separation and other bonding anomalies. It was not very unusual to find clad quarters in the early years that had a bad "ring". Most of these were dated 1965.

 

I weighed my silver looking quarter and I got 6 grams, I also weighed a regular looking quarter and it weighed 5 grams. I used a diet weight scale though. I’m ordering a pocket scale ASAP to see if the results are the same.