Is this an error?
johnny50
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A friend found this coin in change at the laundromat he owns. The surface is an odd matte type finish; the edge has only one color; silver, but it doesnt have that "ring" when flicked. I think I do see a very slight copper color at one side on the edge. Anyone know anything about it? Pictures arent the greatest, but the best I can do.
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Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
Hope it's something like off metal or some special test coin or something done AT the mint
Ray
For ANACS, Check 5 day Express, Authentication and Grading, and write "Mint Error" on the Designation column.
I wait for more opinions here first, though.
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<< <i>ANACS is probably a good choice. You could also submit under the PCGS Mint Error program, but it's more expensive and slower.
For ANACS, Check 5 day Express, Authentication and Grading, and write "Mint Error" on the Designation column.
I wait for more opinions here first, though. >>
ANACS gives free opinions at most of the major coin shows.
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Perhaps a counterfeiter is trying out a new process.
<< <i>Possible that it's struck on a foreign planchet? If it doesn't feel or sound like silver, that would be my guess. >>
Not these days.
<< <i>ANACS gives free opinions at most of the major coin shows >>
Not any more.
I would put the idea of spending a bunch of money on it for certification on the back burner until after you get an accurate weight on the piece. (Grams to two decimal places)
In you pictures of the edge I do see what appears to be the copper rim showing through. (Not really showing the copper but a change in the coloration as you go across the edge.) I strongly suspect you will find that the weight will be within mint tolerances for a regular clad quarter. My bet is this is just a plated coin.
My vote: Platinum plated.
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If you want to satisy your curiosity about it, show it to some dealers at a show.
Ray
and what I see in the three scans, IMO
it's one of the plated novelty coins that
are sold in Sunday Supplement magazines,
on TV, etc......
a plated novelty item.
You mentioned the surfaces in the first post
years ago.
These are the coins, gold plated, silver plated,
nickel plated, etc. etc. that are either sold in
the Sunday paper ads, or in this case, it might
have just been plated in some type of machine
shop, and not by a mass-marketer.
It's a man-made novelty item, a plated quarter.
<< <i>Never found out what this is. Anyone new have any ideas? >>
First off, you never reported a weight on the coin in question. Any coin shop will have a coin scale to determine the actual weight of your piece.
Once the weight is established, then it would more than likely turn out to be a novelty coin as Fred is stating.
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<< <i>I have one like this but it is a new hampshire. It was found in my change from a convenient store. I did take it to a coin dealer here in jax,fl. But i can't really trust him too much, he has lied before. I will just keep mine in a 2x2 and wait to hear if it is anything special from the experts here. He did say something about the copperwash not going over the sides and it was nothing special, but like i said he has lied before. >>
From some of the best error experts here they have stated these are probably plated after the fact.
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