State Quarter Streaked Metal ? I found a kentucky state quarter and it is a little different, the silver is darker and it has light and dark streaks in the metal going from one side to the other on both sides of quarter. Would appreciate your feedbacK ? I finally was able to get a decent pic with streaks showing.
I've seen such quarters before. They are a complete mystery to me. The streaks may occur on quarters of a normal color. Abnormally colored quarters occur without streaks. Sometime, as in this case, the occur together. Nobody has a clue what's generating the colors or the streaks. Streaks may appear on one or both faces. Colors range across almost the whole color spectrum, with copper, brown, red, black, light gray, dark gray, and pewter being most common. But I've seen green, greenish-gold, purple, and yellowish quarters, all seemingly discolored within the Mint, either before or after the strike.
Is it possible to have a quarter missing the Nickle clad layer? or is this the discoloration you are talking about?
Certainly it's possible for one of the clad layers to fall off the blank or planchet prior to the strike. But the affected face will have a copper or brown color and the coin will be about a gram underweight. If this quarter is like similar ones I've inspected, its weight will be normal. A normal quarter weighs around 5.67 grams.
I will have to obtain the quarter in question. Someone approached me with the question of the different color and I just assumed it was missing the clad layer. Untill I read your posting
It could be a fault from when the metals were being mixed,resulting in a slight error in the composition of the metal.
