Golden 2002 Ohio Quarter!

If it is toning does any anyone have the knowledge of the cause of the gold tone?

I would have guessed missing clad layer also but the weight should be a little off. I would suggest letting a error collector or someone that deals in errors look at the coin to make sure but as I said the first thing I would have thought with the color would be a missing clad layer but since its the correct weight it could be nothing but toning. I know I didn't help much at all in your quest because I guess what I am saying is I don't know what to say it is, but would be something I would get looked at by someone that could give me a definitive answer

Wrong color for split clad error, it would be more of an orange/red to brown and the weight would be light. I have several State Quarters with the same golden toning pattern. My best guess is that they spent some time in a State Quarter folder or map board given as a birthday present or something and then the kid pops out a few quarters for candy money after they sat in the board for a while and developed a bit of toning.

After all, they say 100 million people collect coins but that statistic is mainly based on the number of people saving State Quarters so you can imagine how many cardboard maps and folders are out there.

I agree with biokemist6, it probably spent some time in a folder.

Or it might have been left on a window ledge, in a non-conditioned garage, near a heat source, or in any other number of possible locations where the environment affected the metal.

Here are some pictures of the coin I hit with the torch. I think I heated it too much, but it is close enough to make me think it was heat. Pretty good for my first try, I think I could do better next time.

oh man that's the funniest thing I've read all night

Okay, thank you for all your opinions. I assumed it was toning, I just couldn't understand how it could be that color being a farely new coin. I've never come across any quarters that color. Thank you.:)