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I think there are some resemblance between this quarter and 1966 half dollars in terms of materials use. Not sure though, I'm not a coin expert. I need your opinion guys. Thanks.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It appears to be a normal 1966 P Quarter in very good condition.
Errers and Varietys.
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The weight will tell you whether it is silver clad or the normal CuNi clad. What makes you think it may be silver clad?
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As far as I know they did not produce a 40% or 90% silver quarter in 1966. All were 75/25 nickel/copper. Even the SMS strike. No proof strikes that year. You might read the history of the quarter to be sure but that is what I remember.
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Unless somehow it was produced on half dollar stock, there were no 40% quarter planchets until 1976.
Doesn't look silver to me, and if it were half dollar stock it would be noticeably thicker.
An interesting anecdote, I was once in a pawn shop trying to buyb silver. Mixed into the lot was a 1966 quarter. I said "this one is not silver" the guy says " yes it is, is just 40%". I am a stubborn person, and my insisting that he was wrong (and offering the graceful correction that he was mistaking the quarter for the half dollar) resulted in him saying " forget it I am not selling you anything"
What a baby!!
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Give us the weight of your coin, please.  to the CCF! |
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As far as I know, they did not make any 40% silver planchets in the quarter size, thus it would be basically impossible for your coin to be 40% silver.
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As far as I know, they did not make any 40% silver planchets in the quarter size, thus it would be basically impossible for your coin to be 40% silver. I mentioned it briefly above, but I will elaborate here. I am not suggesting that the OP coin is indeed 40% silver, I see no indication that it is. Nor am I saying that this did happen, but here's what could account for a 40% silver quarter. There is a documented error of several thousand 1970 D quarters that were struck on dime stock. For those who don't know, the blanking machine stamps the blanks out out a huge metal sheet. The sheets are roughly the thickness that the finished coin will be. There are sheets that are going to be quarters, dimes, or half dollars. If a sheet intended for dimes is fed into the machine when it is set up for quarters, the resulting blanks will be thinner, lighter, but the same diameter as regular quarters. When struck, they may exhibit weakness since the coin press is set up to strike with the thicker coin. I believe that it is technically possible that a 40% silver half dollar sheet was mistakenly used to make quarter blanks. These would be thicker and heavier than regular 40% quarters (1976) and likely have a very strong strike. Edited by BigSilver
08/12/2018 7:52 pm
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I'm not sure how the 1965-1970-D halves were made. But they don't show copper on the edges making me thing they are made rather than cut like the quarters? From PCGS site: Quote:
In 1965, because of rising costs, the Mint began reducing the amount of silver in the coins it produced. Silver was eliminated completely from the Dimes and Quarter Dollars, in favor of a new composition consisting of a copper core sandwiched between outer layers of copper-nickel. For the Half Dollar, the Mint reduced the amount of silver from 90% to 40%, but retained much of the whitish, silvery appearance of former years by placing most of the silver in the outer layers. The new Half Dollars became known as "Clad" Half Dollars, but this term is also used as a nickname for 1965 and later Dimes, Quarter Dollars, and One Dollars (clearly, the term refers more to the layered structure of the coins than to their metal content).
No Proof Half Dollars were struck in 1965, 1966, or 1967. Instead, the Mint made Special Mint Sets, which contained coins with a special finish that was better than that seen on a circulation strike, but which did not rise to the quality of a Proof coin. These were produced by overpolishing the dies.
This series ended in 1970, after which the composition was matched to the copper-nickel clad alloy of the Dimes and Quarter Dollars. No 1970 Half Dollars were produced for circulation; they are only available in Mint or Proof Sets.
Still a bit vague. Quote from David Bowers: Quote:Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1965 in July.[18] The new half dollars retained their silvery appearance, due to the outer layer being 80% silver and 20% copper. The coin was also minted with an inner layer of 21% silver and 79% copper. The first clad half dollars were struck at the Denver Mint on December 30, 1965. They bore the date 1965; the date would not be changed for US coins until the coin shortage was eased.[19] Beginning on August 1, 1966, the Mint began to strike 1966-dated pieces, and thereafter it resumed the normal practice of striking the current year's date on each piece. Despite the proclaimed end to the coin shortage,[20] Kennedy half dollars circulated little, a scarcity caused by continued hoarding and a dip in production, with the Treasury reluctant to expend more of the nation's silver holdings on a coin which did not circulate.[21] According to coin dealer and numismatic author Q. David Bowers, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaEdited by coop
08/12/2018 8:09 pm
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I believe that it is technically possible that a 40% silver half dollar sheet was mistakenly used to make quarter blanks. These would be thicker and heavier than regular 40% quarters (1976) and likely have a very strong strike. I don't think there any known examples of such a technical possibility, though. |
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don't think there any known examples of such a technical possibility, though.  |
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