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United States
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I got a coin from K-mart the other day as change and have done some research on it in the last feww days I have seen quarters missing the clad on one side or the other ranging in value from $75 to $360 on ebay but as of yet have not seen any quarters missing the clad on both the Obverse and Reverse could anyone please help me to value this quarter? PLEASE!!! |
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Welcome to Coin Community!  In order to help you with this, we really need pictures or scans of both sides of this coin. I see that you posted this in the Variety/Error forum also. I'm going to delete that one so that all discussion will happen in this thread. |
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United States
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New Member
United States
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If Philly coin is some special or unimportant kind of coin please give me further details.
BUT
If you are referring to the mint mark it is distinctivly a D mark being a Denver minted quarter not a P or non-mint marked for a Philadelphia coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That quarter doesn't look quite right for missing clad layers-its seems to be silvery under bronzish toning. Can you take a picture of the edge of the coin and obtain an accurate weight to at least 0.1g?
If it is missing clad layers, it was struck with them missing because the detail gets mushy if the clad detaches after minting.
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New Member
United States
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As far as weight I could not do that at least not here at home. But as far as the color goes pretty much what you see in pic is what it is the color is the same all the way through the quarter the silvery appearance more then anything is glare. as far as size or the quarter it appears to be identical in all ways to any ordinary quarter maybe the slightest amount thinner and that would be a smaller margin then the thickness of a sheet of paper.
I hope this helps some more
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Forum Mom
United States
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My initial feeling on looking at the pics is that the coin is toned - possibly from exposure to a chemical.
Can you provide a pic of the edge? Does the edge show a copper layer sandwiched between the nickel layers?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, that coin doesn't appear to be missing anything.
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United States
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I have been having some trouble getting an edge pic still working on that but the coloring seems to be the same all the way through Obverse center and reverse seem to be all the same color as if it is one solid metal through and through
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New Member
United States
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Best I can do right now hope this helps Image:  DSC00077.jpg46.36 KB |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I assume it's the one on the left? Pretty neat way to take the picture. Still hard to tell for sure, but it does look like solid color throughout. I have never experimented with AT (artificial toning), so I don't know if it would affect the edges. One thing I can tell for certain from your pics is that you either clean your keyboard a lot, or you hunt and peck when you type. There is no discoloration on your letter "J", and this is usally the case with a traditional typer. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That coin is probably a cleaned "metal detector" find. It looks exactly like those I clean for recirculation. Clad coins don't do well in the ground and to clean them I boil them in a vinegar/salt solution. It cleans off most of the gunk, but turns them all pink. Stores don't like them, so I usually save them for vending machines. If I am correct the value would be .25 in a vending machine. Hope this helps.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for all the input I plan on experimenting with the vinager and salt solution and boiling with another quarter to see if it ends up with the same appearance. Could you tell me how much salt to vinager to water you usually use and how long you boil. Also does this discoloration ever go away through handling, and / or time.
Some of the other answers seem to be a little off or just don't feel right but I do appreciate all your inputs. And respect them as well knowing that you share you knowledge to the best of your abilities and to so by only looking at photos.
Thanks Again
any other thoughts on this coin would be greatly appreciated as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think it's an error because I get coins like that all the time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it also could be dipped or plated. I think if the layer was missing the coin would be thinner than the other one. both look whole so I would say either plated or the cleaning that was mentioned before
Gary too
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