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1964-P Counterfeit Quarter ?

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 Posted 03/13/2025  10:38 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I acquired this coin as you see in the pictures but could use some help understanding why it was catalogued as counterfeit.



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It is supposed to be 90% silver and it doesn't look silver.
Take it out of the 2x2 and weigh it to two decimal points.
It should weigh 6.25 g
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 Posted 03/13/2025  11:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have to step out to run some errands and will pick up a better scale before I return. The scale I have bounces back and forth between 5 and 6 grams.
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 Posted 03/13/2025  1:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin rejector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely odd & unusual.
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 Posted 03/13/2025  4:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Marve65 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a lead cast! Yes, weigh the coin as previously mentioned.
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 Posted 03/13/2025  6:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cujohn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not an expert, but it does look a little porous.
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 Posted 03/13/2025  11:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry to keep people waiting, I had to order a scale from Amazon.
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 Posted 03/14/2025  01:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Could be a cast fake.
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 Posted 03/14/2025  4:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
4.7 grams ... That's the best I can do.
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Still thinking sand cast.
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4.7 grams.

That is way too light to be silver.
Has to be a counterfeit then.
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Still thinking sand cast.

Sure looks like it.
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 Posted 03/15/2025  09:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Still thinking sand cast


There is no evidence of a seam that I can make out. What do you all think of the edge?

Also, I'm not seeing evidence of Flanagan's initials. Thoughts?




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No matter how it was mad3, it is a counterfeit.
Just look at the reeding, not close to a genuine quarter.
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