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2002 Ohio State Quarter Philly MM Appears to be silver. What's up with that?

apiary8apiary8 Posts: 16 ✭
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I found this today. It looks like a silver quarter but it has the (P) mint mark. I"m puzzled. Is it possible a silver planchet was used by mistake?

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It could be platinum plated

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    bigmountainlionbigmountainlion Posts: 292 ✭✭✭

    weigh it

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    CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭

    Its most likely plated.

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    thebeavthebeav Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, there were all those sets of plated quarters. I've seen thousands. I've also seen more than my share of clad quarters where the copper layer wasn't visible.

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    WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    HSN hyped plated Statehood Quarters in a red oak box. Someone needed a Cole so it entered circulation.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,293 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 10, 2018 6:30PM

    Plated

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 10,015 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Survey says: no silver.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely weigh the coin... also, a razor scratch in the reeding on the coin should expose copper. Cheers, RickO

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW....99.999 of these types of things are not errors, but there is always the chance that you could find something worthwhile, so always pay attention to your coins!

    I found a super-rare error in a roll of new nickels a couple years ago, and a partially broadstruck quarter a few months go in the reject tray of a coin machine.

    Someone has to find these things, so if you are on the lookout you increase the chances that it could be you.

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    apiary8apiary8 Posts: 16 ✭

    Thanks everybody for the information. Very much appreciated.

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