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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Try a magnet and how do you know it's tin or Al?
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New Member
 United States
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Just checked a magnet, not magnetic.
It is super light like aluminum.
I do not have a scale, or I would check.
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New Member
United States
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Here are a couple more. The light one is on the left. The color is also different than all others that I have. Any ideas?   Edited by Twarren
09/23/2016 9:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Go to local postal outlet ask nicely for them to weigh it for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could be an impaired silver proof. Or an aluminum counterfeit. Which state is the quarter?
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Moderator
 United States
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a picture above shows a Maine design
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well looking closely at your pictures it seems as though the obverse of the quarter in question has an S mint mark, so that would make it an impaired silver proof.
Not aluminum but 90% silver is still pretty good. I'd hang onto it if I were you.
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New Member
United States
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Thank you. It feels light, but you are probably right. I will weigh it to be sure and post the
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see an S mintmark, so it appears to be a silver proof. 90% silver. Nice find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Appears to have S mint mark, if so it is a proof coin; if it is a silver proof it is actually going to be heavier than a CuNi proof coin. There is also the possibility that it is a silver plated CuNi proof and this will be, for all intents and porpoises#128044;, the same weight as a circulation coin; the silver, or platinum, plating adds a infinitesimal amount of metal. the weight difference between CuNi ans Ag is minimal and can not be determined by feel you will need a scale that weighs in tenths of grams to determine weight.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doh! there should be a dolphin emoji where #128044 appears in the above post
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found a 2002 Tennessee quarter in circulation last year that looked exactly like this. Turned out it was coated. When the State Quarters came out tons of companies did weird things to them and over charged for them. Colors, gold plated, platinum plated, etc. It could be one of those. Almost no premium added to it but I kept mine since somebody sent more money for it and it wasn't me. :) |
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United States
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It would be quite a clever scam to buy lots of impaired clad State Quarter proofs and silver plate them, passing them off as impaired silver proofs since the only easy way to distinguish them would be weight. I am wondering if someone has done this; you could make a couple bucks per coin if you were to do this I suppose. |
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I see an S mintmark, so it appears to be a silver proof. 90% silver. Nice find! Yes, a nice find.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great eyes spotting the S. I completely missed it.
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