1983 D quarter

It's weight is off just a little or is this normal.

 

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Are you suggesting that it is missing the clad layer on both sides? What is your point?

Chris

 

Honestly those are potato pictures (it might be a coin, it might be a potato). So it's really impossible to tell. It sort of looks like it's been in the ground a while, so a bit of weight loss is not unreasonable.

How sure are you that the scale is correctly calibrated? Any recent nickel is 5 grams as a quick & dirty check.

A normal clad quarter is 5.67g.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5113

 

Thanks for your time I will look into it more I thought it was weathered I got the scales out weight it 3-4 times to be sure it droped down to 5.51 before I changed scales it's 5.5. Dont have the 3 number. But any way Thanks.

 

One thing turned up on the side it looks per cooper too me I know it's diff for sure.

 

Remember most scales are only accurate to plus minus 10% so you need to frequently check it against a known calibration weight.

And of.course, 5.30 could be 5.295 to 5.304

 

I put nickel on them to be sure diff scales. But who knows lol. Thank again.

 

Sorry, but it's environmental damage. Your updated weight of 5.5 gms sounds normal based on your scale. It's a spender

 

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