Hello, I just created an account today to ask what this quarter might be worth. I noticed it in my bucket of change while i was rolling coin. I could tell it was different just from the noise. It had a much higher pitched ring. I was suprised to see that the eagle was completely bronze. Of course i didnt expect it to be a error. Ive never seen an error coin. But a lot of money goes through my hands working in retail and i recently, albiet much too lately, began keeping the silver coins i come across. At first i thought it might just be tarnish. Google search revealed it was missing its nickel clad. But then i saw posts about 83-P's having some inherit rarity and increased value. So i thought maybe this rarish, maybe, quarter with this error might be worth a little something. In all honesty i have no understanding of numismatic values other than the idea behind it. But dates and mint marks, errors and grading, its all just a foriegn language to me. So i figured I'd leave to the community here to help me out.
First, welcome to the neighborhood! Unless your camera settings need adjusting, I don't think your coin is missing a clad layer. Here is a quarter on Fred Weinberg's site missing a clad layer. http://www.fredweinberg.com/product/1978-washington-quarter-pcgs-ms-64/ Here is my Kennedy half dollar missing a clad layer. Chris
Thanks for the swift reply. Well then something is certainly up with this quarter. I just dropped 5 normal quarters on my desk and then this one. The diffence is quite audible. My phone doesnt take very sharp images and I'm in poor light but to the naked eye there is a clear distinct difference between the silver side and the bronze side. Uniform and clearly delineated between the two halves. edit. I took another photo of it against a piece of paper and avoided most of the glare. Its certainly not as lustrous as that half dollar but theres a sliver of more lustrous copper near the word "dollar" as well on the rim.
It should weigh 5.67g. If you have a scale weigh it. Maybe it was plated silver or platinum at one time. Or the plating procedure went bad. It doesn't look like a clad issue. Welcome to CoinTalk.
Thanks for the welcoming. I dont have a scale, so no luck there. If anything maybe ill just keep it around as an oddity. Or perhaps bring it to a local coin shop to get laughed out of. but like I said. Clad issue, platinum quarters. All over my head. But thanks for the reply.
Your second photo certainly looks different from the first. Maybe if you took it to a coin shop, or even a jewelry shop, they could weigh it for you. Let us know the results. Chris
That could be because you found the quarter in circulation. I found the half dollar in a Mint bag. Chris
Welcome to Cointalk! I like a person that is open minded and has a sense of humor. FYI - Quarter composition is - The current clad version is two layers of cupronickel, 75% copper and 25% nickel, on a core of pure copper.
There's a jewelry shop close by. Ill take it up there and post the results. Edit: quarter weighs 4.6g. Also ended up getting a gold coin weighed. Someone used it for its face value of five dollars to buy a pack of cigarettes. Came out to 5 pennyweight. Didnt get it scratched. I thought i read somewhere online it being 90% gold and .242g of it. Fellow at the jewelry shop said if it were 90% it would be bending in his hand but off the top of head .242g is about 5 pennyweight. Anybody have a coin like this. If anything, heck, i only traded a five dollar bill for it.
That's a 1986 statue of liberty commemorative and looks like a proof. It is 90% gold 10% copper. 8.539 grams. For $5 bucks that's a steal which is probably what the person who spent the coin at face value did to get it.
