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1983 D Washington Quarter Copper Rim

 
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 Posted 09/10/2020  7:26 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Believe7 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hi, this quarter weights 5.1 and not 5.6 grams.
The Rim is all copper, nickel only present on the obverse and reverse.
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 Posted 09/10/2020  7:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PNWType to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely looks like post-mint wear/damage.

The photos show some parts of the copper having edge reeding and flat other parts which seems to line up with the parts of the obverse that have a solid rim and the other parts that are worn through the rim.

From the level of wear to the coin, I would definitely expect this is post-mint and the wear is the cause of the weight loss
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 Posted 09/10/2020  7:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd say deliberately ground down.
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 Posted 09/10/2020  8:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
With that level of wear, it likely was normal weight when it left the mint. This one is a spender.
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 Posted 09/11/2020  09:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
PMD - note how beveled the edges are - this is not something the mint does. Edges of clad coins also are not necessarily uniform in how the edges portray the three layers. Some can be found where no copper shows in areas of the edge also.
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 Posted 09/11/2020  11:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Believe7 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all....A similar one was posted by JBCOINS on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGwK1NYLElk
Its a 1971D Washington quarter with similar characteristics.
Thanks again.
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