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Pillar of the Community
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bingo ! http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...-on-a-liberia u.s quarter was struck on a liberian planchet.... does not mean this is what you have.. BUT atleast I'm not crazy for going through the world coin data base matching countries the u.s minted coins for with coins close to 5 grams. |
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Wow Coppertop, that's very cool, great info!
The coin shown is a Philly, I wonder if both mints struck coins for foreign countries simultaneously.
I think it's important, as you said, not to get jpsned's hopes up too far yet. But it's definitely worth looking into further.
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Rest in Peace
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Do you have a photo of the third side of the coin (the edge)?
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hey liveanddie,
the chart above says the PDS mints struck coins for Liberia from 1941-1976 64 types total of the types 44 of them were copper nickel,10 bronze,10 gold ,8 proofs
But it does not get into specifics what coin were minted at each mint each year ,or if P minted the Liberia 25cent coins that year . I guess some more digging might be able to tell
Edited by coppertop5150
03/23/2011 06:29 am
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Rest in Peace
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sure looks like it's taken a beating. can you bend it barehanded? that would indicate a fake.
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United States
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It's an aluminum quarter from heaven :)
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Here is the side view. My quarter is on the left, with a normal quarter on the right. Copper cladding apparent on both.  Edited by jpsned
03/23/2011 11:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like it should as normal quarter stock. Perhaps just struck on rolled thin stock.
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Hmmm? The reverse looks similar to that of coins struck on Foreign planchets. The letters look somewhat to fade into the rims, having been struck on a smaller Foreign planchet. The copper edge is throwing me off for some reason.
I think liveandievarieties is perhaps correct. May just be thin stock, accounting for the full gram weight difference.
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03/23/2011 11:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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unless the forgien planchet is alos a copper cent clad.... like the panamania quarter looking coin,
it to looks like a quarter from the side
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New Member
United States
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I too have one of those quarters! I received it just today. It does make a strange sound. I noticed it immediately when I dropped it into my coin purse after receiving it as change. It is about half the thickness or a little more then a normal quarter. It has the copper as you can see on the sides. This coin has seen better days. It was pretty tarnished when I got it. I was able to clean it some but I suspect that the damage it has is permanent. Still I would like to know what one in poor condition would be worth if anything more then a quarter. Should I hold onto it to pass on to my grandchildren? Any help appreciated.
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 , talkativeinfl! |
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The most prosaic and most likely explanation is that the coin was struck on a planchet punched out of rolled-thin stock.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rolled thin but not dime stock. According to my calculations a quarter size blank from dime stock would only weigh 4.18 grams.
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I have one similar, but you cant see any copper on mineand better condition.
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