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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 24700529, member: 20201&quot;]I have these three lead cast quarters that are probably made around the time that the legal tender design circulated. </p><p><br /></p><p>One was actually made by my grandfather, and this is the story.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember when Pop pop died in 1962, my uncle and my father were down in the basement of Nana&#039;s house rooting around. I still remember how it looked down there but I was probably only 5 or 6 years old. The old wringer washer, push mowers, the closed porch with all those antique tools, coffee cans and jars on the shelves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wish I could go back in time for that hour again!</p><p><br /></p><p>My father and uncle went through a box and a small snap closing coin purse appeared.</p><p><br /></p><p>The laughed that my Pop pop was so tight that he cast this <b>1926 Standing Liberty Quarter</b> in a bar of soap. I was tagging along and they let me look at it as they joked. They pointed out that he even scratched his name on the back with pride for some reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 2001 that little purse was left to me when my father died.</p><p>Lo and behold this was in there amidst other odds and ends in the purse.</p><p>Wonder how many slugs he passed off back then at Abby&#039;s Anchor, the corner barroom?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577411[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577412[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a <b>1876 CC Seated Quarter</b> I bought as a fake. </p><p>It is far darker, as all three are that I am showing in this post. They are all practically black from age. The lighting from my camera&nbsp; and the photoscape program was used to show better detail on all images.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577413[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577414[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a pretty darn good job was done to make this lead <b>1937 S Washington Quarter</b>. I think I was given this via another coin forum member about 12 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577415[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1577416[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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