I recently picked up a small coin collection from an estate sale. There were mostly nice mid-grade classic coins in the lot, some modern proofs, but also this bicentennial quarter with a missing reverse clad layer. Errors are not my specialty, so I was thinking about sending it in with my next batch of coins to NGC for authentication, but figured I'd ask here first. Is there anything to look for in particular that would prove or disprove the authenticity of the error? Sorry these pics aren't the best. I didn't take a pic of the edge, but it looks pristine, with a slight clad overlap from the obverse only. The center and reverse side of the edge is bare copper. The coin weighs in at 4.80g.
Ha! Nope it's raw, but I have it in a coin world premier slab. Realized after I took the first pics that it would show up better if I took the insert out of the slab.
When I found my 2001-D Kennedy missing the reverse clad layer, I submitted it to NGC for grading immediately. I wanted to preserve the pristine copper color, and it still looks just as good to this day. Chris
I don't typically have any interest in errors, but this coin has beautiful color and as much of my collection is quarters this would be a very welcome addition. I definitely want to get it slabbed but before I send it in I want to make sure there's nothing about this that looks obviously doctored to anyone who is especially knowledgeable on missing clad errors.
Nice coin. I've got a set of Biccentennial coins missing clad layers. I spent a long time looking for a 1976 dime for the set. Here is a photo of a 1976 Ike missing the obverse clad layer: Shall we start a thread for posting coins missing clad layers?
I just found this other 1976 missing clad layer quarter photo. Again, it is the obverse layer that is missing.
Here's an update. I ended up sending it in to NGC for grading with error attribution. Here are the results:
