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What's With This 1965 Washington Quarter Cladding?

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 Posted 03/24/2010  7:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add razorear to your friends list
Missing Clad Layers; I take it this would be missing after the strike. "Error Trends" magazine has this listed at $125 for before and after strikes. Does anyone know what the value would be for 1/2 of a side? By the way, nice find.
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 Posted 03/24/2010  8:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scooby Due to your friends list
I'm not experienced enough to determine one way or another, but would it still qualify as a missing clad error if it were post mint forced damage? I wouldn't think so, otherwise we'd do it to all our commons.

What would be the visual clues as to whether it left the mint like that? You would think that the strike would be sharper if the clad layer were missing before hand, but can't the clad layer come off after the strike, especially if it is rim-to-rim?
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 Posted 03/24/2010  8:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tumbleweedtrumpet to your friends list
If it was damage, I think you could see it on the rim.
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 Posted 03/24/2010  9:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add afcop13 to your friends list
dangit, now I want a Reese's Cup.

Interesting quarter...PMD? Doesn't really look like it......
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 Posted 03/24/2010  10:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list
Partial split clad layer, post strike. From what I can see, it is more than likely a genuine error. Something like this is hard to fake without leaving alot of damage to the copper core unless the clad layer is already split. An attached split clad is commonly referred to as a "clamshell" but it can be separated or broken off at some point in circulation. The weakness of the copper portion of the design is what tells me it separated after striking. A pre-strike separation can yield a surprisingly nice strike on the copper such as this example-
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The copper core and clad layer are flush with each other on this coin and the copper even has some Red color left
As for your coin, I would want better pictures of the split area before valuing it. If there is significant damage to the copper core that I cannot see, the it is worth 25 cents. If the clad edge shows signs of stress from being manually broken off then its value would be reduced a bit but that would probably be a bit more subjective. If everything is ok then it is probably a $50 error.
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 Posted 03/25/2010  08:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j_h_s to your friends list
I agree with wd and razor
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 Posted 03/25/2010  10:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add steve199 to your friends list

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I agree with wd and razor


Yet they didn't really agree with one another.

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 Posted 03/26/2010  12:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add foundinrolls to your friends list
The weakness on the "copper" part is exactly what you want to see. This is a genuine, partially split outer layer that occurred after the strike. What I can't tell from the picture is if it had any help or if the layer split away on its own:-)

Thanks,
Bill
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 Posted 03/26/2010  07:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Adam_E to your friends list
it looks like it had heap with a blade or something. look at the rims, there are small dings there.
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 Posted 04/02/2010  6:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin22 to your friends list
Part of it is missing it's cladd layer.
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 Posted 07/05/2010  5:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tumbleweedtrumpet to your friends list
This topics been dead for a while, but now people are telling me it's worth $25, and I've had offers of a couple hundred. How much is it really worth?
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 Posted 07/05/2010  8:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Whytlash to your friends list
If it were me, I'd take "De-Lam's for $200 Alex" and RUN!!

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 Posted 07/08/2010  07:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j_h_s to your friends list
"missing after the strike" - "after" being PMD, no matter how you slice it (off) after the strike.

If you've had offers of a couple of hundred for it, I cant say, "it's worth what you can get for it."

I still think it's PMD....if there are people who will pay that much for PMD, so be it...sell it to one of them.


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 Posted 07/08/2010  08:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list
Part of the clad layer broke off after the strike. Since the edge shows an irregular contour and is not bent up, I strongly suspect that the break was natural. I would estimate its value at around $20.
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 Posted 07/08/2010  11:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list

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I've had offers of a couple hundred

A split clad error on a State Quarter would probably bring that much, they are worth considerably more than regular Washington errors.

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"missing after the strike" - "after" being PMD

It is post-mint but certainly not damage, the weakness in the clad was there before the coin was struck.
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