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280z New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 03:19 am My friend has a 1989 quarter, its a gold color, feels lighter than a regular quarter, has a D next to the year. Anyone ever seen anything like this before, is it a fake quarter, something someone just gold plated? Please help, thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 03:45 am The D means its from the Denver Mint. The gold color could be toning but as you suspect its more likely to be gold plating. A lot of companies gold plate coin sets in the hope people will consider them to be more valuable. A lot of the State Quarter sets get this treatment but I have not seen it on an 89 Quarter. Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 06:53 am Got any pictures or scans? If you could post some, I think you'd be able to get a more definitive response. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 07:22 am the gold color could also be copper, someone may have used a chemical or something else to remove the top layer of the coin to expose the copper layer Report this Post to the Staff
acidic1 Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 11:29 am Yep, Some college chemistry classes do this for fun. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 10/10/2007 4:00 pm Welcome to the forum. High School Chem classes also. Might be Copper, Brass or anything else plated or anything. Still worth a quarter. Report this Post to the Staff
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