4.46 Gram 1929 SLQ?

Another bargain bin find. Unfortunately plugged, but I could tell without a scale on me it was noticeably lighter than the others. Got it home and it weighs 4.46g. There's no way 1.8 grams of silver could go missing while still being able to read the date, right?

Any chance it was struck on a foreign/different planchet? Or just a thin one? I think it's silver, but I don't know for sure. The sound is a little different than other SLQs, and the wear looks a bit strange.

 

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Maybe it's not real?

 

It could have definitely lost that much weight IMO. Looks super ground down, and the edges are rounded.

 

Looks by its color to be a counterfeit

 

It’s a photo and hard to tell by pictures but the color is really strange. It could be a fake. It could be a thin rolled SLQ and with the lost of metal due to circulation it could be just fine. All SQL’s are 90% silver content. Just tick it away and keep it as it’s yours now.
Testing by sound is not a good test. The weight alone can make it sound different than other SQL’s.

 

It looks like a counterfeit. Maybe a contemporary

 

Cool! Also picked up a three cent nickel with the back beat up (assumedly) to pass it off as a dime from the bargain same bin. I find all that kind of stuff very interesting

 

Look at those reverse stars -- heck, all the stars -- and especially the blob on the star at 3:00. I don't think there's any "wear pattern" that could make a real coin look like that.

The coloring also looks a lot like silver plating that's worn off, exposing base metal. This is one that I'd love to put under an XRF analyzer.

 

I’ll get you results later today, my gold and silver place has one. I’m very interested as well

 

If it is base metal, and if it came from a bargain bin of coins that were advertised as silver, I think I'd go back and speak to the dealer -- even if I wanted to keep the coin.

 

I vaguely recall reading years ago about contemporary counterfeit SL quarters the were used during the depression. I'm not positive, but I think this could be one. Probably not a lot of value, but would sure be a great historical piece if it was. Sorry, I can't offer any hard facts, but that's what my gut says.

I always thought contemporary counterfeit were a cool subject, whether 18th century GEO II and III half pennies, colonial spanish, or US.

 

This shop has literally thousands of coins in each bucket, and he’s a bit persnickety. I don’t mind, I paid $20 for two SLQs, 5 mercs, a shield nickel, and a 3¢ nickel. End of the day I’ve gotten worse deals on less interesting coins than this “SLQ”

 

Agreed, modern fakes are far less interesting than contemporary. Regardless of how crude, even this must have taken a pretty good bit of skill

 

I would love to hear the final results on this coin.

 

I have a fake one somewhere.

I got it from a movie theatre back in about 1967, the woman knew that I collected coins and saved it for me.

As far as I know [AFIK for those in the know] it was contemporary.

It also has a giant hold punched thru the middle

 

I do so love contemporary counterfeits
Found this one in the world coin junk box at my LCS in Florida. 4.96 grams
Too bad it was found and stamped way back

 

Results are in: silver plate over pewter or something close to it. Thanks for the help everyone!

 

Thanks for keeping us in the loop. Now study that coin so you can recognize similarities in other coins in the future.

 

Sounds like the core is a low melting point, pot metal.

I am far from being an expert, but based on the pics and the the xrf, I would call it a contemporary counterfeit if it were in my collection. No idea of the value, but personally, I would not be disappointed or upset by what you paid Very nice find and a historically interesting item. I like it.

 

I think the contemporary COUNTERFEIT punch really adds to this piece. Great find IMO