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Valued Member
 United States
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Managed to get a much closer image of the edge.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm going with an environmentally toned quarter until we get an accurate weight posted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm with Dearborn,
Edited by Chase007
11/18/2025 10:58 am
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Moderator
United States
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Toning. It has obscured the edge as well. Weight will confirm.
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Moderator
United States
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This is the very first image I ever posted here on CCF. It is a damaged Roosevelt dime. the top part of it is environmentally toned - it has the same color as your quarter. the part in front of Roosevelt (and part of his face) had the cladding scraped off somehow - note the bright color of the copper core - of which your quarter does not show The rest is showing the bright silvery color a clad coin (Dime, Quarter, Half Dollar) should have.  |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Just a poorly toned quarter. Doesn't even remotely look like it's missing cladding. Here's what a missing clad coin looks like...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5239 Posts |
The clad is there, the pic that looks like a railroad track tells the story. Environmentally tones as well as that coin sat in some type of acid liquid for a little while.
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Valued Member
United States
51 Posts |
To be fair, this coin has been circulated for almost 60 years, so it won't still have the orange copper tone. Here is a comparison->  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To me that quarter looks like it spent some time in the ground or at least outside in the elements. Environmental Toning. I guess we'll have to wait on your new scale.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess we'll have to wait on your new scale. Not really............ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not really............ To convince the OP......... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 The OP quarter seems to have lots of green toning, similar to the green on a copper cent... Waiting for the weigh..   Edit: To insert a picture, I hit the "Post Button" too soon! Edited by CoinForMe
11/18/2025 9:59 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To convince the OP.........  Hope it's not a thin planchet!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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So, much to my surprise it comes in at exactly the right weight. It looks for all the world exactly like a dark brown copper penny. So I may do the thing I shouldn't do and clean it with a good copper cleaning solution, before it goes in the reject bucket.
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Feel free to experiment on it! A good way to learn why cleaning coins is not encouraged.  |
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Posted 11/18/2025 10:56 am
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
