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sure appears stained to me as well.
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Thanks everyone. I think it's a manganese quarter because it looks just like the 1999 experimental ones. However, I think your right that it's probably an after-market piece to throw back into the wild. Lol. ;)
Thanks again!!
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Yep - a stained coin. Spend it.
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Fun find.  Both, I would label and keep as a reference example. At least until you really need $0.25 to spend.  |
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Quote:The State Quarters had a limited run with gold plated coins. Not from the US Mint they didn't. 3rd party plated garbage is still garbage. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Quote:The State Quarters had a limited run with gold plated coins. No, they didn't. Many companies took quarters and gold plated them and sold them in sets. They also did this with platinum. (no connection to the US Mints and they were hardly limited production) |
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Not from the US Mint they didn't. 3rd party plated garbage is still garbage. Well said. I have a few that came in mixed lots I purchased off ebay. They went straight to my change cup waiting to be rolled. There is some sort of corrosion showing on them even with the plating. |
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Lot of saved up hate for these. They prey on Grannie or Gramps, via newspaper ads, Parade magazine, late-night TV, and the like. "Fabulous Collectible" "Sure to appreciate in value" And they sell 'em at prices that would make a used car salesman blush. Grannie thinks she's investing wisely for the grandkids and leaving a valuable estate. The heirs take their inheritance to a coin shop and either get laughed out of the place or, best case, are told that con men ripped off Grannie. That's a heck of a way to remember her. They end up putting their inheritance into CoinStar for a $30 Amazon gift card. And you can't burn the "fabulous Rosewood collectors box" because it's vinyl over MDF and gives off toxic fumes. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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I agree with both. |
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No, they didn't. Many companies took quarters and gold plated them and sold them in sets. They also did this with platinum. (no connection to the US Mints and they were hardly limited production) I thought it was illegal for anyone other than the mint to modify currency? |
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I thought it was illegal for anyone other than the mint to modify currency? It is only illegal to alter coins if the intent is to commit fraud. Paper money is a different beast though. |
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the intent is to commit fraud The sales pitch of these hucksters and shysters is pretty close to fraud. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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The sales pitch of these hucksters and shysters is pretty close to fraud. But still legal.  |
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