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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1217086, member: 66&quot;]Well considering these are just regular circulation coins that have been plated they could very easily have had nicks all over them before they were plated.&nbsp; Depending on how they were handled after the plating they could have acquired nicks after the plating too.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to how to tell if they have been plated with platinum, you might try putting Hydrochloric or nitric acid on them.&nbsp; Platinum will be unaffected (unless there are breaks in the plating.) but most other metals will react to the acid.</p><p><br /></p><p>A word of warning.&nbsp; A few years ago (when the metals were much cheaper) Consumer Union decided to see just how much gold, silver, and platinum was actually on these plated quarters.&nbsp; The silver had a few cents worth, the gold was maybe a dollar, and they couldn&#039;t find a trace of platinum on the platinum plated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Slippinin, you also need to remember that the government is not making these plated coins.&nbsp; They are just altered coins that were plated by a private company after they left the mint.&nbsp; As alltered coins they have absolutely no numismatic value whatsoever and are only worth 25 cents apiece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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