What would something like that be worth?? its a 1964 Quarter struck on a dime stock....its the same size as a quarter around...but from what I hear its thiner......if anyone has any idea please let me know. Speedy
A lot of 1964 quarters purported to be struck on dime stock are not. This applies to both slabbed and raw coins. A true silver dime stock quarter should weigh approximately 4.6 grams. Many supposed dime stock silver quarters are 4.9 grams and up. They were most likely struck on planchets punched out of rolled-thin stock. I would never purchase a slabbed "dime stock" silver quarter unless the weight was printed on the slab. I would guess that the value of a genuine uncirculated dime stock silver quarter would be around $100.
Thanks Mike This one was ANACS MS63 but it was also a little higher than $100... I think I found another one...a little lower in grade but lots lower in price...don't know why errors are catching my eye right now but I've been watching them for awhile now. Wouldn't ANACS back up their slab if it turned out to be rollthin stock and they put dime stock???.... Speedy
Grading services only guarantee authenticity. And once you break a coin out and find out it's fake, you're out of luck. Grading services do not guarantee accurate error coin diagnoses. And again, once you break it out and find out they're wrong, you're out of luck. Inaccurate error coin diagnoses are very common among the top three companies. All of them make mistakes in identifying wrong stock errors. Two of the top three get it wrong consistently. Again, it's extremely hazardous to buy a slabbed wrong stock error, especially when no weight is noted on the slab.
Well heck....I went back and someone had gotten it with the BIN....I guess I should be happy! So in other words...there isn't any way to find out if its a fake without taking it out of the slab and once you do you can't do anything about it..... While we are on this topic let me ask you this... How about a quarter struck on nickel stock....it seems like that would be easyer because no clad layer.... Speedy
Right, there's no way to check without cracking it out. And once you do, it's Catch-22. You've got to check the weight. A quarter on nickel stock should weigh 6.54 grams, as opposed to the normal 5.67 grams. Apparently some of the error authenticators don't even look at the edge of the coin. So you get 1965 quarters on "half dollar stock" which aren't 40% silver, and 1969-D half dollars on quarter stock which aren't Cu-Ni clad composition. Truly brainless stuff.
Some go to the dark side...I go to the odd side Too bad you just can weigh the slab.... Thanks for the help Mike...one more question and then I'll try to leave you alone But if it says Nickel Planchet and the planchet is clearly smaller...its a pretty good chance its right?? Speedy
You mean a quarter struck on a nickel planchet? That's an entirely different error from a wrong stock error, and yes, it will be smaller than a normal quarter. You can bid on such errors slabbed or raw with a great deal of confidence. Such a coin will weigh the same as a nickel, about 5 grams.
By the way, Speedy, if you're going to get serious about errors, you might want to spend some time on the on-line group that I host. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/errorcoininformationexchange/ Most of the major error dealers and many long-time error collectors are members. We have many stimulating discussions and the message board archives and photo gallery hold a tremendous amount of useful information.
Thanks Mike...not sure I'm going to get into them much but I did make a offer on a Quarter struck on Nickel planchet....the guy didn't take the offer but I'm hoping he will change his mind..... thanks---maybe I'll stop by! Speedy
