Copper quarter

I found a 1999 copper colored quarter in my change jar. It's a Connecticut State quarter. Any suggestions? Is this worth anything?

 

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Post a picture for our guesses.

most likely post mint damage

 

Yeah, post some pictures!

 

I am a Newby also, but I found a sight yesterday called the Cointracker.com. I don't know if they are honest or not but, they seem to have a lot of information on many coin items from about 1909 to 2016. I just clicked on the year and mint mark catagory and they show face value and mint value. They also, talked about grading coins and a Blue sheet and Grey Sheet regardinging ligitaimate coins. This is exciting for me as I just found a lot of coins in my Mom's old jewelry box. I hope this helps.

 

Thank you. I'll check it out. I'm trying to figure out how to post a picture of it

 

Me too I just learning how to do some of this stuff myself I'm glad to see other females have taken an interest. Have fun I would recommend reading some of the threads from this sight these guys are really smart and very helpful. Good Luck

 

It looks like a normal quarter where the surface has toned to a copper-ish color.

 

Not at all. Is your could see this in person it looks completely copper. The edges and everything. No other color at all

 

I have several quarters that look similar, I have a lot of pennies that are kind of rainbow colored and, some that will probably be thrown out as they look really black and bumpy. They were stuck to the bottom of a gaint Girl Piggy Bank.

 

A quarter struck in copper would most likely be on a planchet which lost the silver colored cladding on both sides. I should look something like this:



If you have a scale it should weigh less than a normal quarter, which is 5.67 grams.

I hope this helps.

 

Thank you. Yes this helps. It's hard to tell by my pictures but in person it does look just like the photo you showed me

 

A trick to show a coins true color in a photo is to put it on a white piece of paper to photograph it. Whomever looks at it can Guage what they are seeing by how far off of white the paper is.

 

Please don't take offense to this as you are new, it's meant to help. Your quarter does not look like the one in the picture that Old Error Guy posted. When coins come out of the mint their surface has luster, a shimmery quality created by the striking process. Like a brand new penny, moved around in the light it glimmers a bit.

Your coin has the dull, lifeless look and color of a coin that has mild corrosion. If it had that color with the same luster I would say it was a missing clad error as well. But with the surface condition of your coin it is most likely just a regular quarter with surface corrosion. With that said, weight would confirm the question, but it needs to be accurate down to hundredths of grams. If you have a balance type scale you could use that too with another quarter.

 

I agree with beef1020. Your quarter is not a missing clad, it is probably environmental damage.

 

For a quick and dirty weighing, put a popsicle stick (or equivalent) over a pencil (round would be most accurate) to make a minute see-saw. Make sure the see-saw is balanced and place your quarter on one side and another quarter on the other side and see if they balance.

 

It looks like it could be environmental damage to me. What bothers me is the silvery appearance of most of the devices. If it had lost the clad layer, even the letters, digits and tree branches would be copper-colored similar to my half dollar below.

Chris

 

Yes, I was going to mention that, but I am too late to the show.