Hello, I got a quarter in change today that I initially thought was counterfeit. It has very poor detail near the edges, is thinner, sounds different when dropped or tapped, and is lighter. I weighed it, and it clocked in at 4.2g. I was hoping someone could verify the coin for me. I'll do my best to provide any additional details you may need. Thank you!
Not on Dime planchet, Dime stock. It could be a Quarter struck on Dime stock which is intended for Dimes. I have 2 examples to show you from my collection. The weights are 4.2 and 4.3
I find it very interesting that the OP's coin is a 1970-D, and the one Paddyman98 posted is too. Is that correct? How does a premium get added to such a coin, and how is it determined how much?
The 70-D quarter on dime stock is, by far, the most common wrong stock error. Interestingly, I think it becomes more collectible because of this. I've never actually seen an estimate of the number struck. A decent circulated example is probably worth something in the $50 range. They become rather scarce in MS-60 and above, with values approaching $500, I would guess, in the upper levels. Wrong stock goes both ways (thinner and thicker) and I've always liked the ones struck on thicker stock. Since there is more metal between the dies, the strike is generally very good. Here's a nice example of a dime struck on quarter stock.
Beautiful coin! It's too bad NGC didn't show it as on half dollar stock. According to the classic Lonesome John table a clad quarter on half dollar stock would weigh 7.12 grams. 6.88 is WELL within tolerance (3.3%)
Thank you for your input everyone! I'm very excited about this. I'm only an amateur numismatist, but I got extremely excited when I heard what you all had to say! Having an error coin in my collection, better yet one that I got as change, is thrilling to me! This is by FAR the coolest thing in my small, insignificant collection. Even if it's the most common error, it's still an error! Now, where can I get one of those spiffy coin cases?
@Lunaraa @alurid @Old Error Guy @Evan8 1 more I found in my collection.. The opposite? Quarter stock?
Nah unless it isnt silver clad, but I think NGC would have figured that out. If it is silver clad than the metal was just simply rolled to the wrong thickness. Quarter stock would just be copper nickel clad. I believe that quarter stock is metal intended for quarters that would would have gone through and had halve dollar blanks punched out. Same with dime stock, only it was quarter blanks being punched out of it.
