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Valued Member
United States
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What would be the value of a quarter in this bad a shape. I can see an S to the left were the date should be.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you can't see the date, there is know way to know the value over melt. Though It's a type 2 SLQ.
Maybe someone knows a way to acid date the last 2 digits. if it's a 23-S, you might have something there.
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New Member
United States
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I have one of those. How would I raise the last two digits of the date, and would it work on the many dateless Buffalo nickels I have? Thanks. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6384 Posts |
There are many threads on CCF discussing dateless SLQs and the consensus is that there is no credible way to restore dates on worn-out coins. You can use vinegar or Nic-A-Date to restore readable dates on many worn buffalo and even Liberty-head nickels but that technique will not succeed with silver coins. If you can't discern at least the final date digit on your quarter it is just a silver bullion coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that technique will not succeed with silver coins.  You'll just have a black mess. Bottom line: Your coin is silver bullion. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
Unfortunately all those dateless SLQ's are only worth melt.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
Ditto ^^^.......but I do wish some chemist somewhere would find a way! So far - no dice.
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Valued Member
United States
256 Posts |
Don't forget, not all dateless are worth only melt. The 1916 (which is of acourse a type one coin) is worth just a bit over melt.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh yeah there is that  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I expect there is a way to determine dates on coins such as this through some type of non-destructive density analysis or something, but it would not be very practical and would require very expensive machinery.
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