Another oddball error for my collection - an MS-65 RD quarter!

ElmerFusterpuck

I always found the off-metal errors fascinating. Here's one that I think looks really cool, a 1970-D quarter struck on a cent, The strange looking date adds to the character.

SeattleSlammer

I dig it, too.

Walkerfan

Yes, that is very cool and I would imagine pretty scarce, too.

Batman23

That is a neat error coin. I really like it. Thanks for sharing.

Kudbegud

"Rare as hen's teeth" as the saying goes. You could have the only one for that year.

CaptHenway

Nice.

Quiz time! Assuming the post-strike lives of two errors were exactly the same, which would be redder, a 1970 quarter struck on a cent planchet, or a 1970 quarter struck on a clad planchet from which both cladding layers had fallen off prior to the strike?

Why?

MWallace

Very, Very Nice!!!

Namvet69

Good question. I'm gonna go with the cent planchet as the copper content is higher. My swag for the day. Peace Roy

Jimnight

Real nice major error!!

Oldhoopster

I would expect the clad core to show more "red" under normal conditions. The cent is 95% copper while the clad core is 100% copper

ricko

@CaptHenway ... That sounds like a trick question... there were no clad cents...they were copper plated, so there were no 'layers' to 'fall off'. So, if the copper plating was 'removed', then the zinc would remain and not be red. Cheers, RickO

tradedollarnut

Nice. Very nice

Kliao

Really neat!

CaptHenway

@Oldhoopster said:
I would expect the clad core to show more "red" under normal conditions. The cent is 95% copper while the clad core is 100% copper

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Smudge

@ricko said:
@CaptHenway ... That sounds like a trick question... there were no clad cents...they were copper plated, so there were no 'layers' to 'fall off'. So, if the copper plating was 'removed', then the zinc would remain and not be red. Cheers, RickO

Zincolns started in 82. That is a 1970. Edit, nice coin.

FredWeinberg

I would have thought that the Quarter on Cent would have more Red.

The cent planchet would have had it's luster 'locked' onto the surface
when struck (like a new copper cent), while the inside of a split-off
clad coin, while copper, was not prepped to be struck on that copper surface.

I've seen plenty of clad-layer missing errors, and while some are nice bright
red, many BU's are just a nice 'reddish' color, without the luster of a Quarter on
a cent planchet.

Just my thoughts.......