A 1996-D Quarter - Missing The Copper Core Error, Comments..

Mike,

I wish to thank you for your time and sending me your report and the article, keep up the great work, Mike...

Brent,

I would like to welcome you to the forum, I also call it "the family", I wish you all the luck with what ever you collect. The talent found here and the willingness to share the knowledge and combined expertise is outstanding!!!This topic alone received over 2-thousand views!! I hope others have learned as I have.

I would like to also address the members of the forum here for their knowledge, expertise, and passion for this hobby/addiction.

I have learned from this topic alone, plenty. I also would like to state that I have been around for a while and appreciate the heartfelt kindness and compassion in the statements given here and want ALL to know, I love this forum, to know there is a place to put things out there and have members, of all levels of knowledge, ready, willing, able, and passionate enough to share and give of them selves, is an amazing feeling.

I will keep all involved with the results PCGS will "bestow" upon me.
I would like to think that PCGS will read the article for a reference, sort of like a pedigree coin submitted with paperwork to authenticate the coin?( I do not think it will hurt, I hope!!

I would think the founding "parents" of this forum would be proud of their accomplishments, putting this forum together for the passionate coin collecting enthusiasts, to them I thank you for all of this, regards, Mike

Any update?

I just found a similar coin.... only mine is a 2002 P Tennessee quarter.
I broke open a bank roll of quarters to use in the local car wash, and this one coin just jumped out at me. It was something special because of it's HIGHLY polished mirror finish and chrome look. I've rarely seen a coin so polished, except for proofs, only this didn't have a frosted relief or anything.... it only appeared super polished, and a higher contrast against the other coins in the roll which seemed like lead, or dulled silver in comparison. Then, to my amazement, I noticed that unlike the other quarters in the roll, which all had a very copper edge, this coin looked like an old French Franc, or Canadian Quarter... the edge was just as bright and silver as the rest of the coin!

It also has a fairly strong magnetic attraction, unlike any of the other coins in the roll.

It's the same diameter as a typical quarter.... and makes about the same sound when dropped.. it's definitely NOT silver .... no ringgy sound, and like I said, it's magnetic ... it also appears to be the same thickness as a regular quarter.... only lacking the copper part of the composition!

I'll post some pictures later, as I am also a photographer. I will group it with some regular quarters for comparison.

The edges are reeded, but the reeding looks more like a Canadian coin. Very fine reed, but super chrome looking.

I saw this post and 1st, PallyWally, Welcome to the family, I would accept the knowledge given to you by Mike as He is an error expert/collector.
I would like to see some pictures of your find, please post when/if you can.

I have been reminded by seeing this post, "What did I do with the original coin?"

I need to visit the bank and search, I did not send it off to PCGS as life has a way of getting in the way of living, I totally forgot, I need to send the coin in.

Must find it 1st!

Chances are if it looks like it has no copper and it has an s mint mark it is a Proof silver Quarter that some one has removed from a proof set.

yes that must be it, mirrored background and frosted on the eagle etc! Thank you

When last heard from (August of 2010) he had not sent the coin into PCGS yet. If you mean what was the official decision it turned out the be struck on aslightly smaller "orphan" planchet of copper nickel composition. Orphan meaning no one knows where the planchet came from or how it got into the production stream.