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New Member
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Alright, fair enough. What should it weigh? I thought 5.6? Is 5.87 radical for plating? I really don't know and there is no one knowledgeable in my local area. I also thought plating and that is why it has been sitting in an old coffee can for a year. I never knew of the error coins till yesterday when I pulled out those coins and did some further investigation. The website I found I will post so you can look at their pictures - mine looks spot on. I'm not trying to make this chicken hatch a golden egg - just want to know what it is I do have. The key to my wisdom is knowing that I know little of nothing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well you can always send it in and find out.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United States
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A good bit of knowledgeable users have answered, and since I am not a huge plated coin expert, I will agree with them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I looked at the web site ...it does sound interesting.
Are you saying you coin weighs 5.89 grams.
Would you say the color looks like a sac dollar?
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New Member
United States
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I'm not disputing knowledgeable collectors - just want to know the correct way in going about things of this nature, as I am new to anything of this caliber. Yes, it does look like the same tone/color of the sac dollars. I don't have any on hand right now. It would be nice if the bank had one for me tomorrow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Assuming your weight measurement of 5.87 g is accurate, that leaves an additional mass of ~0.17 g added to a normal quarter if this were indeed plated. For me, it is a bit hard to conceive this would be gold plating, since gold plating would be much thinner (0.17 g of gold is ~$7).
Thus, I wouldn't be so quick to write this off as gold plated (assuming weight measurements are correct). Although it still could be plated with some other metal alloy, it would take a long time to plate that much on a quarter and I would expect to see some loss of sharp detail in the features if a thick layer had been plated. Any chance at higher resolution pictures?
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Bedrock of the Community
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After reading your link ...I have changed my view on this coin.
There are just so many plated ones it is easier to think most all are.
I am now in the camp that I would want to know exactly what you have.
Did you mention you might be going to a large coin show?
If so ..they might have NGC or PCGS there. Taking it to,their
table they might be able to tell you more.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too agree it is worth looking deeper into this one. Do you have caliper/micrometer to measure thickness at all? I notice the site you linked mentioned these experimental planchets are thicker than a normal quarter, it would be worth comparing if you can.
How did you acquire this coin?
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New Member
United States
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Here is the best I can do with my 8 mp camera. I put it against a black and white back drop. Jeweler said it didn't look plated under his eye mag. But he was no coin expert. He said if it was plated therewere no markings of infection and it was perfectly done - whatever that means.
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New Member
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New Member
United States
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No I no longer have those tools but I used to work with PMD's and have friends with good sets. This coin was given back to me as change from a fast food shop. Since I am familiar with working with measurements in small increments my eye iswhat I would consider keen. The Delaware quarter is slightly larger to my eye. |
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GR58 - I spoke with an expert from nh this morn and he told me that he believed no coin dealer in my area wouldn't know what I was talking about and shrug me off. He told me about the upcoming funfest for me to auction it off. When I mentioned the last one selling for 17,000 in 2007 - he said he thought it was way too low of a price for me to sell, if I have the real McCoy.
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting. It seems as though mint tolerance is +/- 0.23 grams: https://goccf.com/t/162277So I don't want to rule out the possibility that this is simply an overweight coin that has thin plating of some alloy. That being said, if this were a quarter that were normal weight and plated to add 0.17 grams (3% increase in mass), you would have a thickening of ~30 um on each side. The achilles tendon and the reigns look like they are still quite thin (if it were plated by that much, you would see the reigns widen by about the thickness of a hair). Thank you for sharing this coin with us! |
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What should my next steps be. Let's pretend I do have a coin with a possible great value. How do I process realistically and with caution.
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