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sumdunce
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I recently found a 1976-S silver business strike quarter that I thought was a mint error and was hoping to get clarification on weight allowances by the Mint.
The coin has a raised edge on the front starting about one oclock running to about five oclock with the highest portion running from three to four oclock. The appearance lead me to believe it may be struck on wrong type stock but the weight is 5.909 grams slightly more than the 5.7 grams of regular silver coin for this year.
The raised edge adds almost a milimeter to the thickness of the coin.
Does anyone know the tolerance spec for coins. 3% comes to mind but I do not know how accurate that is. This coin is 3.667% so it may not anything more than a slightly overweight planchette.
Any help would be appreciated.
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The coin has a raised edge on the front starting about one oclock running to about five oclock with the highest portion running from three to four oclock. The appearance lead me to believe it may be struck on wrong type stock but the weight is 5.909 grams slightly more than the 5.7 grams of regular silver coin for this year.
The raised edge adds almost a milimeter to the thickness of the coin.
Does anyone know the tolerance spec for coins. 3% comes to mind but I do not know how accurate that is. This coin is 3.667% so it may not anything more than a slightly overweight planchette.
Any help would be appreciated.
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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.
I have revisited the website and notice that copper nickel clad quarters were 88 grains (5.7 grams) and the 40% silver quarters were 90 grains (5.83 grams).
This puts the quarter I found well within spec and for some reason it formed a lip during strike.
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Check out the Southern Gold Society
However I believe the "finned rim" answered my question.
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