Error 1977 Washington Quarter, 1943 Lincoln Wheat Steel Cent?

A steal cent that has been refinished or plated. you can tell by the orange peel look. you may still get a few cents for it. the quarter looks like it has been dipped in acid to make it smaller. some of the schools used to do it in chemistry class. it is worth whatever you can get for it but I doubt you will get a 1/4 for it if it has been left too long and got too small but you never know I have seen stranger things happen.
hope this helps answer your question
Gary

hello tempest, in regard to your question about what a missing layer looks like, full strike detail can still be apparent but the weight will be lighter. the coin would have normal diameter but less thickness. the thickness change however might be hard to distinguish from a normal coin. I have seen coins that were eaten by acid. they are lighter, thinner, sometimes of lesser diameter. they can have very bad porous surfaces or surfaces that look somewhat normal with most of the details readily discernible. they can also eat away unevenly across the planchet and leave weird effects.

yeah, let me go find my camera again. it might be a day or two. :p

alright, well, I should have another post coming tomorrow but I first wanted to ask:

A: IF my quarter happens to be missing clad layers, what would it be worth?
B: Is is possible its on a penny planchet? (i doubt this one)
C: What kind of side pic do you want? (the last pic has one)

I'll try to get that weight, Metalman. It IS lighter, but I cant tell how much. One pic shows that its SLIGHTLY smaller than a normal quarter.
Q: Isn't there like a press where the metals are pressed together, and when the ends dont come out to the same length, the excess is cut off? Is it possible this is a quarter from that excess metal? Or am I completely wrong here? :p

Okay, pics:

FYI, here is the obverse image of the missing-clad-layer quarter I posted previously in this section. This example was authenticated and slabbed by NGC. The copper surface is smooth with no pits or porosity. The diameter matches a regular quarter. As I recall, the weight of the coin was about 4.5 grams, compared to the standard weight for a clad quarter which is 5.67 grams.
Regarding Tempest's question, I think the clad layers start out as thick metal strips which are bonded together by rolling under great pressure. The rolling process is continued until the bonded strip reached the right thickness. Then they punch out coin blanks which proceed to the coining stage. If the original strips don't roll out to identical lengths, you have the possiblity of getting missing-layer blanks. If they're not detected, they'll get stamped along with all the normal blanks and may find their way into circulation. That's how I got mine!

okay, I can send it in to ANACS huh? where do I send it to, and in what? I'm not so sure, I definitely dont want this to 'get lost' in the mail.

also: is it odd that both sides of my coin are that color? AND I noticed there was no mint mark. arent quarters from Philly supposed to have a 'P'?