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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mote Dai, post: 59016, member: 3559&quot;]I have a question about an odd quarter I received.&nbsp; As many quarters do, this one dropped into my life from a Coke machine.&nbsp; I knew something was different about it from the minute it hit the coin tray.&nbsp; The sound wasn&#039;t quite right, at first I thought the machine had dropped a nickle instead.&nbsp; It is a 1980-P quarter but it is really shiny (picture of it compared to a 1982 clad quarter).&nbsp; It also feels odd--very, very smooth, almost &quot;wet&quot;.&nbsp; It weighs about 0.3 grams less than other quarters from around the same date (I work in a lab with an analytical scale--one of the perks of being a scientist).&nbsp; It definitely isn&#039;t silver and when dropped on a desk, it doesn&#039;t have that familiar silver coin ring (and it doesn&#039;t sound like a normal clad coin either--almost &quot;tinny&quot;).&nbsp; Any thoughts?&nbsp; If a considerable amount of the cladding was removed, would it account for the sound and visual differences? <img src="http://oddquarter.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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