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HomegrownHomegrown Posts: 1 ✭
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I recently found a 1965 quarter that weighs over 6 grams. How should I go about selling it at top dollar? It is in amazing condition with several doubling on letters (sorry not good with the correct terms). Thanks!

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Send it to PCGS to get certified then it will be easy to sell.

  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2, 2021 1:33AM

    Agreed, there is no chance of selling it for top dollar unless it has been certified. You can post pictures here to see if it is what you think it is. Can you post a picture of the edge? Is the copper core visible on the edge?

  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome. Pictures will help quite a bit. 😉

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you want top dollar you are going to have to have excellent photos of the obverse, reverse and the rim.

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Based on the weight given it’s very likely that the coin is simply silver plated

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  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like it is just a silver proof - is it cameo? Send us a picture ... should be worth a cup of coffee

  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2, 2021 7:21AM

    I don't think they made silver proof quarters in 65 did they? Weren't these just regular clad bus strikes and clad sms?
    I do know there were a few silver strikes that escaped the mint but the odds of finding that???

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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 16,655 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the forum.
    Hi, yes the first post given to you, is the best suggestion. Very awesome if you got the real deal. Big money too!
    Post often and have FUN.
    Congratulations and welcome to the forum. :)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are 1943 cents struck on copper planchets and there are 1944 cents struck on steel planchets, so I guess it's possible that there are 1965 dated coins struck on silver planchets that were left over from 1964 that were stuck in one of the tote bids.

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  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bsshog40 said:
    I don't think they made silver proof quarters in 65 did they? Weren't these just regular clad bus strikes and clad sms?
    I do know there were a few silver strikes that escaped the mint but the odds of finding that???

    Much lower than the odds of a troll on this forum...

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  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Homegrown .... Welcome aboard. Pictures would help, but you have an input from the top expert on error coins @FredWeinberg ... Also, is your scale calibrated? Cheers, RickO

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2, 2021 8:28AM

    Welcome! Interesting first post.

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK...............

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  • Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Che_Grapes said:
    Sounds like it is just a silver proof - is it cameo? Send us a picture ... should be worth a cup of coffee

    No silver Proofs dated 1965. No proofs for that matter, only SMS issues for 1965

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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Oldhoopster said:

    @Che_Grapes said:
    Sounds like it is just a silver proof - is it cameo? Send us a picture ... should be worth a cup of coffee

    No silver Proofs dated 1965. No proofs for that matter, only SMS issues for 1965

    And 1.8 billion regular business strikes.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2, 2021 10:41AM

    @Che_Grapes said:
    Sounds like it is just a silver proof - is it cameo? Send us a picture ... should be worth a cup of coffee

    no such thing. Neither proofs nor silver proofs.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:

    @bsshog40 said:
    I don't think they made silver proof quarters in 65 did they? Weren't these just regular clad bus strikes and clad sms?
    I do know there were a few silver strikes that escaped the mint but the odds of finding that???

    Much lower than the odds of a troll on this forum...

    Not a troll unless they are purposely playing with us. Naivete does not equal trolldom.

  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well based on this new info - and the fact the SMS sets are not silver - then this is either a really rare find OR it is not really what the OP thinks it is... I’m hoping for the former - please keep us posted

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @moursund said:

    @bsshog40 said:
    I don't think they made silver proof quarters in 65 did they? Weren't these just regular clad bus strikes and clad sms?
    I do know there were a few silver strikes that escaped the mint but the odds of finding that???

    Much lower than the odds of a troll on this forum...

    Not a troll unless they are purposely playing with us. Naivete does not equal trolldom.

    I suspect that some of these "first post" players are just playing with us. Hard to tell...

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  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe there are 1965 halves that were struck on 90% silver, and 1971 halves that were struck on 40% silver. That would be kool ...

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-PCGS-XF-Silver-Transitional-Breen-4416-Ex-Rare-Washington-Quarter-25C-/274134713936?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still no photos and no further posts.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Top Men are working on it.

    :)

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  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At this time, OP hasn't logged in since he made this post.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinHoarder said:
    At this time, OP hasn't logged in since he made this post.

    I don't think he liked us questioning his coin's authenticity and he's moved on. Perhaps he's taken up stamp collecting. :|

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,170 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-PCGS-XF-Silver-Transitional-Breen-4416-Ex-Rare-Washington-Quarter-25C-/274134713936?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

    Oops now there's two of them, price must go down. >:)
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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,882 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    Top Men are working on it.

    :)

    Top....men.....

  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,560 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bsshog40 said:
    I don't think they made silver proof quarters in 65 did they? Weren't these just regular clad bus strikes and clad sms?
    I do know there were a few silver strikes that escaped the mint but the odds of finding that???

    Correct no proofs.

    However, 1964 dated silver coins were struck until April 1966 to keep the commerce pipeline filled up. Generally, they stopped minting silver and started minting clad mint-by-mint, there are a few 1965 dated coins known.

    But plating is much more likely esp. if it has a shiny finish.

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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,084 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 3, 2021 7:43PM

    Lot description by Heritage:

    1965 25C Washington Quarter -- Transitional Date Struck on Silver Planchet -- MS62 PCGS. A transitional error, struck on a leftover silver planchet from 1964. Errors of this type are rare. This piece is satiny with ivory-white luster and minimal abrasions for the grade. Slight strike softness is seen on the finer details of Washington's portrait.

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  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oreville said:

    Well there you go!!

  • moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    Top Men are working on it.

    :)

    Top....men.....

    Speaking of which, were any old US coins featured in that film?

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,882 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund said:

    @JBK said:

    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    Top Men are working on it.

    :)

    Top....men.....

    Speaking of which, were any old US coins featured in that film?

    Hmmm. Not sure.

    I know his revolver was a nice Colt Model 17 if I am correct.

    There was lots of nondescript foreign paper money in the bar scenes where he picked up his female cohort. I don't recall any coins, though.

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