State Quarter Question

friend

If someone comes across State Quarters that are dull gray instead of shiny does this mean anything important?
Thank you.

FredWeinberg

If the coin has no mint luster at all, it's been
played with, and it is not a mint error.

Coins that look dark, grey, etc, have been
in either a chemical bath, or could have been
in one of many different types of liquid that
would dull it, or plate it with a solution.

We can't always figure out exactly what happened
to a coin post-mint Striking, but it's easier to
know that the coin wasn't struck as a mint error.

A scan of both sides, clear and crisp, would also
be helpful....

TwoSides2aCoin

Hi friend,

A dull gray side could be missing the "clad" layer.
Keep in mind, quarters are copper core with nickel plating, essentially.
Like Fred said, a picture would help.
I sent one in to PCGS that Fred even bid on via ebay ( made me feel special). I thought it was missing clad but it came back as a "sintered" planchet. MS65 Kentucky.... it was kinda cool, I think I called it the BLACK STALLION in my ebay ad., and it sold for about abucktwentyfive which was a profit
YES, it's an important find if either of those "errors" got past the mint. Not a huge find, but significant !

Got pics ?


Joe