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jacrispies Since you used and abused that innocent coin in the name of science for a good cause can you get the weight of yours. Don't worry about the coin, I did far worse to them as a young lad myself  |
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I am working on getting a good magnifier and scale for the coin in question as well to help with furthering my collection. I can not appreciate enough all of your feedback. When I get the weight on the coin, I will post the weight on here ASAP!
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After my experiment, the quarter weighs 5.65 grams.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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So for your experiment, your coin lost .65g. Now lets wait for the coin in question to get that weight.
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So for your experiment, your coin lost .65g. Now lets wait for the coin in question to get that weight. Not to be too picky about accuracy, but wouldn't the weight loss on jacrispies altered quarter be +/- .02g? |
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This would be very very hard to replicate but those do look like horizontal scratches on the bust. The reverse doesn't show this kind of damage.
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Clad : 5.7 grams is normal weight +/- .19 grams. John1  |
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 I'm not seeing tool marks myself. Looks to me like someone May have cleaned or wiped the area of the missing date. Might be why the area has more shine. Looks to me like a Greaser. Just what I'm seeing.(Not a pro) Like the mystery |
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oops, I didn't scroll down to the clad specs, (I was at work and in a rush) yes the coin should weigh 5.7g
So, if the test quarter weighed exactly 5.7g then it only lost .05g not my original .65g calculation (which was based on a silver coin at 6.3 grans.)
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08/19/2021 5:07 pm
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The U.S. Mint website says a clad quarter should weigh 5.670 grams. So my quarter with a weight of 5.65 grams is 0.02 grams light, which is within tolerance. So the weight of the OP's quarter can't give a definite answer of whether it is a grease strike or PMD. If it is overweight, that would make it more likely that it is a grease strike. If it is underweight, then there is a slightly better chance of having it damaged. Either way it is still a guess. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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They have mint tolerances for coins. They only weight the coin coins.  So the differences would have to be excessive to show a thinned planchet with a weak strike. even a missing clad on one side will show a weak strike because of the lack of thickness of the coin. |
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It kinda looks like someone took a very fine grinder to 8t but idk honestly. Heres a link to my Cud Quarter though. http://goccf.com/t/399086 |
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If they die, the rim would be showing damage. It is super mini micro sized.
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Just my Two Cents worth. I think it is a Greaser. I've seen discoloration on a lot of LC greasers I've found. |
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