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techfalled15 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 5:10 pm So a few months ago I came across a 2002 Tennessee quarter that appears to be struck in copper. I posted a similar post to /r/coins on Reddit hoping to discover the worth of a coin with this type of error. And while I never got a monetary value, a user suggested that if it was stuck in a Golden Dollar planchet, rather than a Penny planchet, it could be worth a lot. Here are 2 photos, the quarter is placed next to a clean (relatively) 2002 penny for comparison. Photo 1: http://imgur.com/RDYQQVz,2FLwUrF#1 Photo 2: http://imgur.com/RDYQQVz,2FLwUrF#0 So I figured I'd come to an actual coin forum to see if I can get an accurate answer on the worth of this quarter. Thank you for your assistance :) Report this Post to the Staff

Jayman931 Pillar of the Community United States 2651 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 5:15 pm I think you will need to weigh the coin. A Gold Dollar has a different weight than a quarter. Report this Post to the Staff
jasper62 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 5:38 pm Lets see if we can determine if it's an error first and then determine a value later, As Jayman said weight will tell the story.A Tennessee State Quarter should weigh 5.67 grams Report this Post to the Staff
NathanASE Pillar of the Community United States 1511 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 5:53 pm Weighing it would definitely give you an absolute answer. As mentioned if its a quarter struck on a dollar planchet it should weigh 8.1 grams, while If a gold plated or painted quarter 5.67 grams. Gold plated quarters at not at all uncommon.. In fact they sd as entire "collector sets" on HSN, as well as many other places.. So I agree, lets find out the weight before we jump to conclusions about value. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 7:13 pm Hello and welcome. I'm figuring it can't be a "golden dollar" wrong planchet error, because golden dollars are significantly bigger. Compare the famous quarter-dollar mule and you can see this clearly. If a golden dollar blank were fed into the dies for a quarter, you'd get all that extra metal squirting out all over the place and most probably a mangled mess. What you wouldn't get is a perfectly round coin that looks exactly the same size as a normal quarter. It's almost certainly a gold-plated post-mint alteration. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 7:26 pm In some bank wrapped rolls, I have gotten gold plated quarters mixed in with small dollar coins. Gold plated coins have been sold by third parties for years. Going back to the Racketeer nickel, to gold plated Kennedy half dollars, to gold plated Presidential dollars. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 8:43 pm If the color in the photos is correct, I am almost certain that it is a plated quarter. It doesn't look bright enough to match the prez dollars. I have gotten a couple in change -- different states. I'm keeping them with my little collection of oddities -- for now. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/02/2013 9:59 pm Looks like it came com HSN or one of the plated States Quarters. Report this Post to the Staff
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