I came across a 1995 quarter while counting a till the other day that didn't feel right from the second I touched it. To start it's much shinier and slicker feeling than other quarters, there is no rim, its a flat tappered edge with no ridges. It feels almost lighter and thinner than a quarter should yet slightly smaller surface area so it wasn't flattened. It doesn't have near as much ware as other 1995's I've compared it to and everthing on the face side is smaller. there is no discernable space between in god like other quarters it doesn't bounce or resonate like other quaters the top of the right wing is thicker than the left on the eagle the relief on one side of the coin is sharper than the other is this a fake, or did someone just severly alter this quarter
Great to have you here! Welcome! Pictures please! Both sides and the edge. Without pictures, no one will be able to tell you much about your coin. (Some will probably go on to tell you too much, but that's another story.)
There are several real oddballs known from 1995. I don't recallany struck on dime stock but it does sound like it could be a nickel planchet or the like.
It appears to have had its rims removed by filing. It's probably in good shape otherwise because it keeps getting removed from circulation.
a few striations on the one part of the nickle, but none on the copper, it still feels and looks very wrong
It's a real quarter, minted on quarter stock. It looks to me as though it's taken a few trips around a dryer drum.
It's hard to tell from the picture since most of the distortion seems to be optical effects but it appears normal for the date. There is a difference from date to date but only 1985 (P) comes with two different sized busts.
i had this and a 1995 in my hand, the bust on this was smaller, and the words are smaller. this has a P, I don't know what the other one was. Also, there is an obvious space between in and god in "in god we trust" on the other 1995 quarter I had, this on the words almost run together I don't really have other quarters around, and as you can tell, I have trouble getting a good close shot with my camera
will it work in a vending machine? and could a dryer really do this, or was someone just really bored enough to file it down then polish it
Even with the less-than-desireable photos it is obvious (to me) that the edge has been filed. Notice the beveled areas. The coin did not leave the Mint in that condition and that would not have happened in a dryer.
It will probably work in a vending machine but it depends on how finely set it is and whether it detects rotational inertia or not. Perhaps someone was working on a machine that had a grinder on one side and a buffing wheel on the other. A lot of workers try various coins in their various machines. The first time I worked with an hydraulic press I felt "compelled" to press some one cent coins into one another. The first clad Iever saw I tried to take apart. Things just happen to coins and they often get spend afterward.
