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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ShunNakamura, post: 51433, member: 3084&quot;]Unfortunately I won&#039;t be able to get a picture up.. not unless I can manage to borrow the Digital camera... and that camera isn&#039;t all that good.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently found in circulation a copper quarter. I thought it odd so I compared it to a quarter closer to the date. I also showed the coin to my dad and brother who are better knowledgable about coins then I. And it comes out that my dad believes it could easily be actual copper and not some plating job.. or whatever they do to makea coin look different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sitting on my desk now at this angle it looks almost identical to a very large penny, cept the edge is the same as the 1964 quarter I was comparing it to.</p><p><br /></p><p>In comparison, the quarters are, to my best judgement, the same size(width and diameter), they have the same ridging on the side, and the lettering is same. Basically as far as I can tell it is a quarter made of solid copper.&nbsp; And it realy does look nice.. couple scratches but it looks better then some of the coins that my brother and dad have collected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways I&#039;ll see if I can get a photo of it.. but I really can&#039;t find anything at all on a solid copper quarter. nothing.. both sides and the edge. Dad suggested melting it down to see if it really is copper all the way through.(he was joking... I think..)</p><p><br /></p><p>Now my question is, if it was made copper by acid buring the outer layers, how exactly would it look... or would I NEED a microscope to detect any actual changes?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I have heard of plating a coin, dad is fairly certian it is not plated over, but out of curiosity what ways are there to root them out?</p><p><br /></p><p>Completely new to the coin world, any help would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>OH yes.. I wasn&#039;t sure if this was where I should post or not.. I am really just curious as to why it is copper then I am about it&#039;s value. It is nice to look at.. and I have never seen the like before <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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