Unusual state quarter
boiler78
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I never dreamed I would be starting a state quarter thread but I received an Oregon state quarter in change yesterday that appears to have been struck on a solid nickel planchet. There is no evidence of a copper core and the coin is slightly heavier than a typical state quarter (5.86 grams) but lighter than the silver planchets. I doubt if this is any great new "discovery" but I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone else has run across this.
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Steve
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The coin is definitely not plated??
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coin, it would be helpful.
From the info in this thread, it sounds like
a novelty-plated item, but we need to
see it to be sure.........
Can you do some scans for us?
Dennis
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<< <i>RWB- I wished I thought to try that.
Damn, that is one cool state quarter.
I didn't think any planchets still in use were in pure nickel or at least enough nickel for it to be magnetic. I would send it to get slabbed and have them either research it to determine the metal content and possibly slab it as a discovery piece like a modern pattern.
Your Oregon Quarter is 5.86 - it's been plated.
It's one of those "TV" novelty items that has
found it's way into circulation, like the gold-
plated ones........
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's
not an off-metal or wrong planchet.
<< <i> Could the .86 be because the coin is quarter size? >>
Say what? The coin does not gain mass after being struck. The coin will weigh no more than the original planchet.
Your the expert so I will take your word for it. I am curious though why would someone take a coin that is basically nickel in appearance and plate it with nickel? The end result is a coin that looks virtually identical to a regular state quarter. I fail to see the novelty.
Mark
<< <i>Fred
Your the expert so I will take your word for it. I am curious though why would someone take a coin that is basically nickel in appearance and plate it with nickel? The end result is a coin that looks virtually identical to a regular state quarter. I fail to see the novelty.
Mark >>
Doesn't the fact that it is magnetic mean anything? I would think that the planchet would need to be magnetic (i.e. pure nickel) for it to be magnetic enough to notice it attracting to steel. Would simply plating it with pure nickel make it magnetic? I wouldn't think so.
<< <i>Also, would just a nickel plating make it magnetic? Canadian pure nickel and nickel plated steel coins are magnetic. >>
...or maybe the mint got a sheet of pure nickel by mistake?
be nickel, or just something that
has that Nickel-look.
I've seen plated coins that are
magnetic, and some that are
not.
You'd be surprised what people do
to coins when they are either bored,
or have acesss to a machine shop
or plating machinery, and so-on.
In this case, given the weight,
I'd bet the surfaces are nice and bright,
and shiny, and probably, repeat probably,
the surfaces do not show any original
mint luster.
<< <i>
<< <i> Could the .86 be because the coin is quarter size? >>
Say what? The coin does not gain mass after being struck. The coin will weigh no more than the original planchet. >>
WinPitcher may have meant that it was struck on a quarter blank made from nickel stock.
It would be significantly heavier than this though.
There are large numbers of these plated coins out there. There will be many more of these
turning up as time goes on. They are plated in various metals that are called platinum, silver,
and gold but are not necessarily actually the metal indicated. One of these companies used
no platinum in their "platinum" plated coins. Apparently 20 or 30 cents is too much for them
to spend on a coin that they sell for $19.95.
<< <i>When I say "nickel" plated, it could
be nickel, or just something that
has that Nickel-look.
I've seen plated coins that are
magnetic, and some that are
not.
You'd be surprised what people do
to coins when they are either bored,
or have acesss to a machine shop
or plating machinery, and so-on.
In this case, given the weight,
I'd bet the surfaces are nice and bright,
and shiny, and probably, repeat probably,
the surfaces do not show any original
mint luster. >>
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A nickel plated coin will be weakly magnetic (assuming the underlying material is not also magnetic). A Canadian quarter planchet being nickel plated steel would be strongly magnetic, but it would also be lighter than a US quarter.