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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1583715, member: 66&quot;]What explains it?&nbsp; A lot of companies, specifically the TV coin show people plating state quarters with gold silver and platinum and then selling them to people at inflated prices.&nbsp; Now that the state quaters have ended a lot of people have been trying to cash in on their investment in these plated coins only to find out they are only worth face value and a lot of them are getting dumped into circulation.&nbsp; This question about a &quot;silver&quot; quarter for a date and mint, especially of the state quarters, comes up a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing you need to do is weigh the coin in grams, to two decimal places if possible.&nbsp; If the weight is 5.67 +/- .22 grams then it is almost certainly plated.&nbsp; If it is really silver it will weight close to 6.25 grams.&nbsp; If it weighs close to 5 grams and part of the reeding isn&#039;t there then it might be a quarter struck on a nickel planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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