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<p>[QUOTE="sploosh, post: 2574846, member: 83437"]Hello! I recently found this forum after I found this thing in my change jar. It's really unusual and I'm 99% sure it's a fake/counterfiet.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first found it it was EXTREMELY shiny, like someone had chrome plate it, now you can see it's tarnished from age a little, I'm not sure if it's silver. I doubt it because it's a 2008 mint design and I'm pretty sure silver quarters stopped being made a really long time ago. It is also magnetic! Very, very slightly magnetic, it doesn't stick to the magnet like iron, but being put on a big magnet you can see the very slight paramagnitism.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also no copper band, which really tipped me off to this being fake, you can see it in the photo below compared to a real quarter. It is also very, weird to hold. Akin to holding a real butter knife and a plastic replica of one I guess. (my scale is pretty old and may not be 100% accurate)</p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas?</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]557613[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]557608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]557609[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]557611[/ATTACH] Fake Quarter^</p><p>[ATTACH=full]557612[/ATTACH] </p><p>Real Quarter^[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sploosh, post: 2574846, member: 83437"]Hello! I recently found this forum after I found this thing in my change jar. It's really unusual and I'm 99% sure it's a fake/counterfiet. When I first found it it was EXTREMELY shiny, like someone had chrome plate it, now you can see it's tarnished from age a little, I'm not sure if it's silver. I doubt it because it's a 2008 mint design and I'm pretty sure silver quarters stopped being made a really long time ago. It is also magnetic! Very, very slightly magnetic, it doesn't stick to the magnet like iron, but being put on a big magnet you can see the very slight paramagnitism. There is also no copper band, which really tipped me off to this being fake, you can see it in the photo below compared to a real quarter. It is also very, weird to hold. Akin to holding a real butter knife and a plastic replica of one I guess. (my scale is pretty old and may not be 100% accurate) Any ideas? [ATTACH=full]557613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]557608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]557609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]557611[/ATTACH] Fake Quarter^ [ATTACH=full]557612[/ATTACH] Real Quarter^[/QUOTE]
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