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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1046807, member: 15445"]:thumb:Here is the newest addition to my collection. It is a copper quarter. It weighs 3.07 grams and shows copper exclusively on obverse, reverse, and edge. There is no cladding on this puppy because it was issued before clad coinage & it has not been plated. It is struck on a planchet originally intended for a 1964 copper cent. </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like off-metal quarters & quarters that are missing one or more of their clad layers. Collectors & non-collectors quickly see that something is wrong with the coin and they make for good conversation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own several quarters that are brown & red in color. Most of these are missing clad layers, struck on a foreign planchet, or otherwise sintered with copper to give the coin(s) their unusual color. I will post photos of these other copper-colored quarters in a few moments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for letting me share the new addition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1046807, member: 15445"]:thumb:Here is the newest addition to my collection. It is a copper quarter. It weighs 3.07 grams and shows copper exclusively on obverse, reverse, and edge. There is no cladding on this puppy because it was issued before clad coinage & it has not been plated. It is struck on a planchet originally intended for a 1964 copper cent. I really like off-metal quarters & quarters that are missing one or more of their clad layers. Collectors & non-collectors quickly see that something is wrong with the coin and they make for good conversation. I own several quarters that are brown & red in color. Most of these are missing clad layers, struck on a foreign planchet, or otherwise sintered with copper to give the coin(s) their unusual color. I will post photos of these other copper-colored quarters in a few moments. Thanks for letting me share the new addition.[/QUOTE]
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