P or B

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  1. Larry Murphy

    Larry Murphy Belfast boy

    Are these Pf or Bs strikes? How can you discern? IMG_0059.jpeg IMG_0060.jpeg IMG_0057.jpeg IMG_0058.jpeg
     
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  3. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Business strikes and minted by fairly newer dies. The rims are not squared off.
     
  4. Larry Murphy

    Larry Murphy Belfast boy

    So that means these two are business strikes? Thanks.
     
  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Yes, that’s my opinion based on the photos.
     
  6. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    No mirrored fields or frosty devices. Also, Denver didn't produce any proof coins for that year.
     
  7. beerandchips

    beerandchips New Member

    The "D" Denver mint coin looks decent. Maybe from a mint set.

    The "S" coin is interesting. The San Fransisco mint produced three variations of that coin. Two proofs and an uncirculated coin. All were issued in sets. There is a clad proof, made from copper and nickel, and it weighs 5.67 grams. The other proof is 40% silver, often called "silver clad". It weighs 5.75 grams. The uncirculated silver clad coin weighs the same as the proof silver clad.

    The photos show the coins having a similar finish. If they are an accurate depiction of the coins in hand, I would say the someone broke the silver clad, uncirculated set apart and the quarter ended up in your hands.

    Nice find!
     
  8. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    Has Denver ever produced any proof coins?
     
  9. cwart

    cwart Senior Member

    too exhausted to check for sure, but maybe one of the modern commemoratives?
     
  10. Burton Strauss III

    Burton Strauss III Brother can you spare a trime? Supporter

    It's not just called silver clad, it IS silver clad.

    The outer layers are 80% silver and 20% copper.

    The core is 20.9% silver and 79.1% copper.

    It nets out to 40%.

    The core is a lighter silver color (vs the copper core of the copper-nickel clad coins) so it's not always as visible at first glance.
     
  11. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Yup
     
  12. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    10$ '84 Olympics is the only one that comes to mind......
     
  13. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    Red Book, y'all.
     
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  14. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

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