blank copper quarter
jessecarlk
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I have a piece of copper that is the exact size of a quarter, but thinner (as if it were missing the nickel layers). I was wondering if there were any way to authenticate it. What would the weight of one of these be? I would post pictures, but it's just a round piece of copper. The copper is Red/Brown though
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Some sap would buy it.
Ray
Ray
Supposedly they came out of New Jersey. According to rumor the local mafia put an end to the (free-lance) slugging business when the slugs kept appearing in mafia-owned vending machines.
A clad quarter weighs approx. 5.67 grams. Each cladding layer is approx. 1/6th of the thickness of the planchet, so a planchet missing both cladding layers would weigh approx. 3.78 grams. However, if they split off after blanking the surfaces would be rough.
It is theoretically possible for the end of a coil of clad material to have the clad layers run out before the copper core runs out, so that a blank shows nothing but copper, but highly unlikely.
TD
The coin weighs 5.2 grams, but does visually appear to be 2/3 the thickness of a regular quarter like CaptHenway pointed out.
very helpful too.
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
<< <i>And a nice scan of both sides of it would be
very helpful too. >>
Here you go Fred:
Edited to add that they are not the best of scans and (if wanted), I can get some nice photos when I get more batteries.
So that is what happened to them. I used to find them in machine wrapped bank rolls along with occasional nickel Canadian quarters.
I though the machines knew better than that.
be a coin/medal/token blank - at least to me.
The copper slugs that Tom D. is talking about
came out in the late 70's, and had reeded
edges. I was told at the time that the 'mob'
put 'em out, and they were mostly used in
subway turnstiles in the NY area.......
I still see a few of them every single year........
for PCGS. A 49+-Year PNG Member...A full numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022
LOL
I have seen bagfuls of these.An electrician friend who had them told me that they are used as washers when installing electrical boxes.He gave me handfuls because they were exactly the size of a quarter and as he said I havent used a quarter in a phone for years.At one point he told me that the supply had dropped because the price rise in copper made them rise just above 25 cents.
There are 80 clad quarters to a pound. So if copper hits $20 a pound, the slugs are worth face so to speak. It sounds like quite a markup by the washer folks.