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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 542564, member: 11521&quot;]Carlos, </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like Richard said, quarters are clad, not plated. This is an important distinction. (On the other hand, zinc cents are plated with copper.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If your quarter is missing a clad layer leaving the copper core exposed on one side it should be thinner and weigh less than a standard quarter. Also, being thinner, the details of the quarter may not strike up fully. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recently I saw a New York quarter that was missing a clad layer. The reverse was copper. The quarter was the thickness of a dime and weighed much less than it should. The details on the obverse and reverse were only slightly weakly struck but the reeding on the edge of the coin was weak (because there was not enough metal between the dies to push out into the collar to fully form the reeding). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>See if your coin displays any of these characteristics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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