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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 7890362, member: 77373&quot;]Found in a cash register in 2020 by my son.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361407[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361409[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a gold plated state quarter.&nbsp; The state quarters are Cu-Ni clad, copper circulating coins.&nbsp; At first glance it looked quite uncirculated in hand, but a close examination with a loop showed some gold worn off at high points.&nbsp; Interesting that it was in circulation … But in reality the gold plating is so thin that the coin has no intrinsic value.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3">State quarter dollars, painted or plated with gold or other precious metals, were often heavily marketed as “investment” pieces, because they ostensibly contained a precious metal. However, the coatings used to decorate the quarter dollars, among other coins similarly altered, are so extremely thin that they possess virtually no precious metal value.</font> </i>&nbsp; <font size="3"><a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/value-of-gold-plated-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/value-of-gold-plated-coins.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/value-of-gold-plated-coins.html</a>.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I wondered what the gold plated state quarters sold for.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361421[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1361422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>About $2 per coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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