Clad quarter, core not visible
kranky
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Friend brought me a NC P-mint state quarter that he thought was silver. No trace of the copper core is visible on the edge. The weight and thickness are correct for a clad quarter, so it's not a missing layer.
What can cause this?
What can cause this?
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New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
<< <i>Any other thoughts? >>
Cut it open and check the insides!!!!
<< <i>Most likely silver or platinum plated. >>
most likely nickel plated since the OP says obverse/reverse look normal. silver or plat would look slightly different color wise.
i work in a plating shop and have plated coins just out of boredom.
i`ve also spent most of `em
<< <i>If it was near the end of the coil the copper could have been depleted. >>
Could it still have the proper weight if that happened?
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
You can tell silver from CN clad issues due to silver being 5.75 grms & CN being 5.67 which is .o8 difference and outside the tolerance of 0.227.
the reeds on the reeded edge.
Press down hard when you do it.
Odds are, you'll see the copper core coming thru.
It will not affect the value of the coin if it turns out to
be some type of error, but it's very doubtful.
i plated a quarter today at work to post here and show how easy it is to be done. keep in mind there are probably hundreds of plating shops around the country.
this was plated to a thickness of approximately 2-3 tenths of a thousandth. way thinner than a sheet of paper. the plated one is a 2006 south dakota strait from my pocket change. the normal coin is a unc. 2008-P alaska.
notice the plated(circulated) one is more "shiny" than uncirculated quarter. a few weeks back in circulation and it will dull down to normal appearance. BUT.... it will take years for the plating to wear off and show copper on the edge.
the reason i am posting this is i see a post every month or two about people finding quarters with no clad layer and will now just point them to this thread for possible answers.
the coin on the left is 2008 alaska unc. on the right is the 2006 north dakota circulated.
Looks like it's been plated or made of silver.
There's definitely been something done to it to remove that clad layer look.
<< <i>Chinese Knockoff
Looks like it's been plated or made of silver.
There's definitely been something done to it to remove that clad layer look. >>
are you reffering to my photos? if you are you did not read my post
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<< <i>coinman420, very cool, thanks for taking the time to show us!!
welcome