My son started collecting the Sacs recently, and has collected three that are silver in color. My wife brought them home from her bank where she is a teller. They look like nice relatively uncirculated Sacagaweas, but silver. One is a 2005-P. I don't remember the others and don't have them with me. I also don't have pictures. I am certain these are not error coins, but I was just wondering if there was a known case of people cladding these in something silver. I should mention that the three coins were found on separate occassions over a period of about 9 months, so although it's conceivable that they came from the same bank customer, there's no proof of that. In fact, my wife stated that they were found in the rolls that were purchased from the Treasury. But I can't prove that with certainty either. Any ideas out there? Thanks, Eric Rodger
eric 1) welcome to the forum. 2) interesting, is she sure that they came from Treasury bags? Pictures may help, but then again, possibly not. is there any sign of clad on the edge?
A picture would be helpful but the likelihood is that the coins are plated. Many have been silver plated and sold on TV shopping networks. There is an outside chance that they were struck on planchets intended for quarters but that would be a really slim possibility. Speaking of slim, the coins would be much thinner and lighter than normal if they were accidentally struck on quarter stock. If they appear to be of a normal size then plating is likely the answer. Thanks, Bill
Eric, Welcome to CT. If you know someone that has a scanner or digital camera, see if you can not get a few pics up. Regards, Stan
