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Pillar of the Community
United States
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never seen the gold plated quarter yet but seen every other one - chrome and silver, halves on the hand I've seen too many "gold ones"
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Your quarter is still a quarter and can be spent like any other piece of change.
I suppose you are right about there being legal limits to what people can do to US money. Imagine somebody with a rubber stamp marking stacks of dollar bills with ads like: Eat at Bob's Burger Joint or worse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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but you get the awesome box!! Quote:HSN is still selling these as full sets of the State Quarters issues. for a very high price.. somewhere along the lines of 200+ dollars for the lot of 102 quarters.. P and D mints.. plus Puerto rico. I kinda feel bad for the people buying these.... so sad
Retired USAF 1983-2003
Edited by Coinstar 06/08/2012 11:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
HSN ripping poor unsuspecting people off sadly
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Quote: Just a curiousity: are these actually still legal tender after plating? Yes if you want to spend them. Of course if and when spending those, you'll probably get the same looks as if you were trying to spend a $2 bill, Half Dollar, Ike dollar. People just don't see them enough to think they are real. I even have problems trying to use those baby sized dollars. I sometimes wonder if those are really plated with Gold. Most look like they are Brass plated. If they claim it's Gold plated, just how could you prove that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
Plated coins = Post mint damage ( PMD)
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you so much for your guidance everybody! I rolled one of the quarters into a ten dollar quarter roll and took it to the bank. I still have seven of them, but I'll probably end up depositing those too. They don't have much in the way of sentimental value for me because they make me think about the jerks who spent $20 on their dinner and then left me a 10% tip. I'll keep looking at all my coins though. I read online about a 1943 copper Wheat penny that's worth a lot of money. Now a couple of the girls at work and I are going through our pennies at the end of every night and we get really excited whenever one of us gets a Wheat penny. None of us has gotten the right one yet, and we probably never will, but it's nice to have something to bond with your co-workers over.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
It sounds like you're all catching the coin collecting bug!
Old dimes and quarters were made with silver and are worth a little bit -- so hang onto those.
Keep looking. It's fun -- like treasure hunting without having to go outdoors. LOL
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New Member
United States
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Speaking of gold-plated presentation quarters, the ones I ended up with weigh 5.63 grams, not 5.67. They were weighed on a properly calibrated 100-gram capacity coin/jewelry scale, so I do not doubt the readings. Should I be concerned?
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Valued Member
United States
415 Posts |
I actually had an LCS pay me for mine. It was barely above face value, but I took it!
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Valued Member
United States
52 Posts |
Gold,The History of Gold and its Origin will certainly when you read up on the concept of how earth obtained it
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Valued Member
United States
105 Posts |
Quote: ...the ones I ended up with weigh 5.63 grams, not 5.67. They were weighed on a properly calibrated 100-gram capacity coin/jewelry scale, so I do not doubt the readings. Should I be concerned? No, not at all. The chocolate is actually pretty good.
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New Member
United States
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I thought most people knew these coins are just worth $.25 but I just had a friend that was taken buy a slick sales pitch about this product. I did a couple searches and found some other sites trying to make it out like these coins have value beyond their face value. In my searching I also found this article to help new collectors http://www.coinvalues.com/library/w...arters-worth It upsets me when people just starting out get ripped off and leave the hobby. I HATE these TV commercials and think people are being takin advantage of.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's why people need to learn and/or ask questions before parting with their money. Knowledge is not only power, it's protection.
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