2002 Pennsylvania Mint Ohio State Gold Quarter

to CCF.

What you have is a gold plated State Quarter that was sold on TV to collectors as a investment.

What's sad is that the collector actually believes they are making a investment, when in reality all it is is a damaged coin.

In 2006 I had the displeasure of mentioning to a recent widow my wife (now ex.) knew from her job, and invited her over my house to purchase her late husbands coin collection.

I kinda wished I knew him when he was alive, and could have guided him on what to avoid.

As much as I wanted to stay away from this purchase as everything was TV Collector Junk, I offered her less then what she wanted, and more then what it was worth, just to get my wife to stop nagging me.

I felt bad that this woman was placed in a position where she didn't have the money needed for funeral expenses, then being told that her husband didn't know the real value of his purchases.

Since 2006 I am the proud owner of a plastic bin full of post mint collector crap.

I should sell it to the ignorant on craigslist, but I just don't have the stomach doing this.

Thank you, Broken-Coin

Your perception of the weight being heavier is common and almost always incorrect. Electroplating adds no significant weight at all, you are only getting a few milligrams of gold. When people find out that the $19.95 they spent for five gold-plated quarters is about $18.70 too much, they tend to get spent in disgust so there are hundreds of thousands of plated state quarters(silver, gold, and even platinum) out in circulation.

My kids love these, everytime we used to go into this one coin shop in Houston, they would take a couple of these out of junk basket and give them to the boys. They love them, they treat them like real gold. They have a mini collection

Give them to a kid, you'll get your money back in smiles.