Gold tone quarter

Skeety

Maybe someone could help me with this...I have a 2000 Maryland state quarter that is gold toned. Not sure where I picked it up, but I think someone in my family gave it to my daughter at Christmas one year. I know it is not a particularly special coin, but who produced them? Any background on this? Thanks...

MastaHanky

It could be gold plated.

It also may have acquired the tone from being in a coin album. I have a few state quarter albums, and all of the coins in them are starting to tone gold.

Skeety

It is definitely gold plated as it has never been in an album. Can just anyone gold plate U.S. currency or would the mint be responsible for doing this?

MastaHanky

Yep, there are several companies that gold plate coins. And, as far as I know, the mint does NOT sell any gold-plated products.

The gold plating unfortunately doesn't really add much value, as a layer of gold can be as thin as a few molecules, thus giving very little gold weight to the coin.

Draco

Gold plated. . .I've seens lots of them advertised and just recently while channel surfing, I saw some guy hawking them of one of the home shopping channels. Not sure how anyone else feels about it, but I feel that if you alter a coin after it leaves the US Mint, it's worth ZERO.

mbbiker

<< <i>I feel that if you alter a coin after it leaves the US Mint, it's worth ZERO. >>



i don't agree with that, i think they are worth at least face

Draco

I probably should have stated it this way - as a collector piece, it's worth nothing. . .but as long as the local bubble gum or soda machine still takes it, I'll agree that it's worth face

JamieB

I was going through a couple rolls of SACs today (here I go again) and I came across a gold plated SBA ....it was pretty funny...

JAMIE