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Pillar of the Community
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If you do not have a scale, you can try the tissue test, but that probably will come up positive since I would bet its been plated. Denver did not mind any silver quarters, they all came from San Francisco, so IF it is silver, like others stated it's probably been plated. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Take a knife to the reeding and scratch it, if you see copper, it is plated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1191 Posts |
Scratched it a bit and it's still white.
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Moderator
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Did they mint Denver in silver? I think it's plated in silver or platinum. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1. Looks plated
2. Denver did not make any silver quarters.
3. HSN and coin vault made and sold a lot of plated quarters.
Occam's razor .... It's plated
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Pillar of the Community
Sweden
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Why not try the ring test?
Compare the ring sound of this quarter with a known silver- and non-silver quarter. Therein lies your awnser.
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United States
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There's really no point with getting the guy's hopes up having him do these various tests in hopes that it could be silver. It's obviously not due to where it was minted.
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Bedrock of the Community
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12837 Posts |
Exactly. It's plated. Plain and simple.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3463 Posts |
 I don't think I would ever tell someone to scratch a coin with a knife to test the composition or for any other reason. Use the Popsicle stick test. Balance a known quarter on one side while putting the coin in question on the other end. See if the weight is the same. |
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United States
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Plated. Very common, as many were sold in third party collector sets at a heavy premium.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You could take an Arc Welders torch and try it on that coin. If it melts into a Silver ball, it was Silver.  OR you could dip it in concentrated Nitric Acid. If it turns into a pile of Silver Nitrate, it WAS Silver.  If you drill a hole in the center and look inside that hole, it should be all Silver if the coin is all Silver.  Or take everyone's word for it that it has been plated. |
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United States
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I always love how when something like this comes up they are always told several ways to determine safely what it is, and they always go with the "Let's damage it so it will only be worth a fraction of what it would have been" method.
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