Hey all, I went in today to dump my previous CRH stuff before school started and I got a 1965 quarter in change. I thought nothing of it since I have seen quite a lot of them in my travels. However, when I got home, I dropped it on the table and it made the characteristic silver sound that I recognize from the silver dimes I have. I edge-checked it and found a copper core, so I know its not pure silver by any stretch. I weighed it on my gram scale and it came out to 5.7 grams which is a little higher than normal clad coinage. I'm perfectly fine passing it off as a run of the mill clad '65 if it didnt make the silver sound.... Is it possible that there is some silver in it? Is it possible it's counterfeit as well? I will provide pics upon request, but as I've stated before, it looks exactly like a clad and you can see copper on the edge. Thanks in advance.
The visible clad layer gives a very good reason. The weight at 5.7 grams is well within the range 5.67 +/- 0.227 grams or from approx. 5.45 to 5.88 grams. those are confirmable, objective facts, the "sound of silver" is a subjective fact no grading service would do. I woud go with clad myself. Jim
Yep if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck the fact that there's something wrong with it's quacker still makes it a duck.
Does it look like silver, there is a pretty distinct difference in appearance. Although, the clad layering alone is really enough evidence to say that it is not a silver 65.
