HELP! 1974 Quarter Error? Conterfeit?

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What makes you think it's a counterfeit and what is the error that you see?

 

i need to start the description again. my text was deleted somehow. anyways, i came across this quarter going through the deposit for my business. i noticed it by the sound, kind of like the way silver quarters do (i have found three in the last 6 mnths). i would say it weighs roughly 3-4 grams, about a penny shy of a standard quarter. as far as i can tell there is no copper in it. also it may have been struck wrong, one edge is very thin compared to the other. also the quarter dollar text is on the edge. any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

the seam that you can kind of see is what makes me think it is a cf.

 

Looks like a genuine 1974 clad quarter that has had a hard life. Is the "error" the damage at the L in LIBERTY on the obverse and the QU in QUARTER on the reverse. If so, I'm not sure what caused it but it looks like PMD (post-Mint damage) to me. I would spend it.

 

Interesting! Can't help you at all with this one but I'm interested in what the others will say about it.

 

the way it sounds against any surface is very strange. also, it is very light weight. there is absolutely no copper in it, that is why i think it may not be a standard coin. also how thin it is on the QUARTER DOLLAR edge. forgive my ignorance, i have no clue on the technical terms.

 

i also agree that most of the nick and dings are a result of post mint damage.

 

also, could this thing be aluminum. because this sucker is very lightweight. i dont have a gram scale, my buddy at his pawn shop said it weighed a penny weight less than a standard quarter on his coin scale.??? so if a penny weighs 2.5 to 3.11 grams and a quarter generally weighs around 5.67, i would assume it weighs appx 3 grams.

 

A pennyweight is a unit of weight commonly used in measuring jewelry. A pennyweight is not the weight of a US Cent. One pennyweight is about 1.555 grams, not 2.5 to 3.11 grams.

 

well, any suggestions?

 

We need a more precise weight down to the nearest 1/10th of a gram. Right now it's hard to say what it is. Part of the problem is that the coin is worn and battered. A counterfeit is a distinct possibility. But a precise weight would allow me to compare it to foreign coins produced by the Philadelphia Mint in 1974.

 

thanks, i will try to get a precise weight by monday.

 

weighed it. it was on a 3 bar scale. it weighs 4.2 grams. i would say it pretty light.

 

The weight and diameter don't come close to anything the Mint was producing that year in either the Philadelphia mint or a branch mint. It could be an "orphan" off-metal error, but I suspect it's a contemporary counterfeit made of some "white metal".

 

any way to check it? or send it? i almost think its aluminum.