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1970 D Quarter That Weighs 4.4 Grams

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 Posted 11/16/2024  07:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Yes, appears to be an acid issue. Suggest not holding coins with metal clamps/tools.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  08:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 5ToyBankers to your friends list
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 Posted 11/16/2024  08:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list

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Suggest not holding coins with metal clamps/tools.

I would agree, in most cases
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 Posted 11/16/2024  08:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list
It made me cringe when I saw holding that coin with metal object.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  09:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Acid trip, far out.



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 Posted 11/16/2024  09:38 am  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
The coin is definitely beat up, but isn't it also possible that it's a 1970-D quarter struck on dime stock? The mass of those error coins is about 4.2g.

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...520condition.
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isn't it also possible that it's a 1970-D quarter struck on dime stock?

Good point. If that were the case, the planchet would be the thickness of a dime and not a quarter. This one looks to me like it's the thickness of a quarter, but the OP certainly can test it with a gauge or do a side-by-side comparison.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  12:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list
The concave edge indicates acid damage - the inner copper layer was eaten away more than the outer cladding.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  1:23 pm  Show Profile   Check Brandmeister's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Brandmeister to your friends list
Hondo, that would make sense to me.

The thickness should be compared to a quarter and a dime anyway, just in case.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  1:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list
Agree, the copper layer has been dissolved at a slightly higher rate than the clad layer.
Points to acid erosion.
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 Posted 11/16/2024  2:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list
Agreed, acid damage. PMD.
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Suggest not holding coins with metal clamps/tools.

Had to pull it out of the acid somehow!
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please don't hold any coins with finger/toe nail cutters - you will only damage a coin that way.


I agree 100%.
(Seeing hose clippers made me cringe.)
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Had to pull it out of the acid somehow!

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