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1999 Delaware Quarter with no copper core...

Lightrender3dLightrender3d Posts: 195
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ok.... So I work at a Bank and I've trained my eyes to scan through Quarters & Dimes to pull out silver coins. Lol. I've litereally scanned through tens of thousands of dollars worth of Quarters over the last 2 years, and I come across this one a month ago. I thought it was a silver coin But it was dated 1999. And the Delaware Silver Proof quarters were minted in San francisco. This one has a "P" mint mark...

Any ideas on what metal its made of? Does it have any value?

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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Sounds like its one of those platinum plated quarters that are often sold on TV. It's worth face value (the amount of platinum on these things is minimal).
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    BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't understand. What differences are you noticing between this quarter and the tens-of-thousands of other quarters you've seen?

    Photos would really help.
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    Lightrender3dLightrender3d Posts: 195

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    Lightrender3dLightrender3d Posts: 195


    << <i>Sounds like its one of those platinum plated quarters that are often sold on TV. It's worth face value (the amount of platinum on these things is minimal). >>



    Platinum plated... hmmm... could be!
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    Lightrender3dLightrender3d Posts: 195


    << <i>I don't understand. What differences are you noticing between this quarter and the tens-of-thousands of other quarters you've seen?

    Photos would really help. >>



    Its really easy to spot a non-copper centered coin in a clear plastic roll of quarters.
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    GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Platinum plated... hmmm... could be! >>



    They sold those in sets on TV.
    They would sell them in a set for the year and you got each quarter in normal, gold plated, platinum plated.
    I didn't like the way they described them because they said "brilliant uncirculated" but once the coins are plated I'd call them "post mint damaged".

    You might be able to weigh it if you have a good scale to be sure.
    It should weigh about the normal weight even if it's plated.
    If the weight is different then it might be something else.
    Ed
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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,184 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting thread - my wife found one of those also, that I set aside somewhere.
    Not sure which state it was from.
    Would the Platinum plating make the surfaces appear different? Mine has normal color, just no visible copper.
    I have not weighed it yet.
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,230 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting thread - my wife found one of those also, that I set aside somewhere.
    Not sure which state it was from.
    Would the Platinum plating make the surfaces appear different? Mine has normal color, just no visible copper.
    I have not weighed it yet. >>



    They look very similar to a regular quarter.

    When the shop I retired from buys in those plated coins in collections, they just throw them in the cash register.
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    hockeyfan9hockeyfan9 Posts: 457
    I have found several of these. When they make the blanks they roll out nickel a layer of copper and another layer of nickel. At the end of the roll sometimes one of the metals run out. I f the copper runs out you get a coin like the one s you and I have. From what I can tell they carry no premium. If one of the nickel layers is missing the coin carries a huge premium! Hope that helps.
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    ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Most likely plated, but it can't hurt to put it on a scale and see if weighs the same a a nickel planchet.

    EDIT TO ADD: it is plated, i did not see the photo when I first posted ..... It is NOT on a nickel planchet.
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    misterRmisterR Posts: 2,305 ✭✭

    A local dealer buys those platinum plated state quarters when buying entire collections and then deposits them at the bank.

    I'm sure other dealers do the same.

    Will probably be fooling a lot of people in the future.

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