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What is this quarter. That is completely copper it weighs 5.5g

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  • Metal detector find. Buried clad will often turn reddish-orange.

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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,657 ✭✭✭

    100-1 what they said. Copper quarters don't escape into the wild and go unnoticed for 50 years.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Acid-etched from being buried in acidic soil.

    This.

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  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,780 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It could be a beach found coin. My wife found some a few years ago with a metal detector on a beach that looked like that but most were worn more than that.

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @abcde12345 said:
    I found one with worn red finger nail polish. My local dealer says it's worthless. Do you disagree?

    Yes. It's worth 25c, assuming it's a quarter you're talking about.

  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:
    Acid-etched from being buried in acidic soil.

    Yes.

    Larry

  • abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It was a nickel although I've heard the same thing happens with quarters. Someone told me once it was applied on vending quarters used in pinball machines.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PMD will not increase a coins value... nail polish on coins is not uncommon - though I have no idea why it is done... Cheers, RickO

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,213 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @abcde12345 said:
    I found one with worn red finger nail polish. My local dealer says it's worthless. Do you disagree?

    Sounds like an arcade quarter from back in the day for complimentary games.

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  • I don't know do u think it could be missing clad layer?

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  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    looks like somebody needed fifty cents for a purchase but only had a quarter and a pocket knife ;)

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's not missing the outer clad layer.

    It's a environmentally damaged coin.

    Old copper plating, imo. Corrosion would
    show up differently on the surfaces.

    I can see some of the copper coming off
    the rims of the quarter.

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  • Pick913Pick913 Posts: 147 ✭✭

    overstruck 1876/5 seated liberty quarter\

  • Pick913Pick913 Posts: 147 ✭✭

    heres couple pics

  • MarkKelleyMarkKelley Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The bats are out tonight!

  • giantsfan20giantsfan20 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭✭

    You should contact Mike Byers @Byers He deals in that kind of “Errors”.😆

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  • Manifest_DestinyManifest_Destiny Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarkKelley said:
    The bats are out tonight!

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,248 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pick913 said:

    NO

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,145 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Old copper plating, imo.

    It's highly unlikely someone would copper plate a quarter. This looks like a couple of the quarters that I've found at the beach.

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  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 3,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not looking at the date this was posted, as thousands of old threads go, Ricko was the first to reply! Bless his soul.

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