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<p>[QUOTE="mikediamond, post: 47336, member: 1859"]Since all other specs are the same as a normal quarter, the liklihood is that the edge was plated or the Cu-Ni clad metal was smeared onto the edge by a dull blanking die or base plate hole. In the first case, the coin has no value; in the second case it has slight value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the possibility of it being a valuable off metal error is very small, what I would do is to place the coin under microscope and shave off a little metal from the side of one reed with a scalpel. This will reveal any underlying copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikediamond, post: 47336, member: 1859"]Since all other specs are the same as a normal quarter, the liklihood is that the edge was plated or the Cu-Ni clad metal was smeared onto the edge by a dull blanking die or base plate hole. In the first case, the coin has no value; in the second case it has slight value. Since the possibility of it being a valuable off metal error is very small, what I would do is to place the coin under microscope and shave off a little metal from the side of one reed with a scalpel. This will reveal any underlying copper.[/QUOTE]
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