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Hello, I found a few topics on here about my issue but I am still uncertain. I clean my dad's laundromat for him on a nightly basis and when I dump machines to refill the change machine I come across silver quarters every now and then. Not very often as probably 85% of the quarters there are recycled through the machines non-stop. I am more likely to find them at my retail job, one guy found 3 in a row in a roll he broke open a few weeks ago- JERK! Anyways I have a 1965 quarter that I found that when I was dumping them in a bucket, I heard it hit and it was similar to a silver. So I pulled it out and looked at the date and was stumped when it said 1965. It looks like a silver but it's slightly darker and more worn. The edges are almost perfectly smooth but I do see where the notches used to be. A little more information: There are no copper colors in the ridges It does not ring like a silver quarter when flipped It appears darker during a tissue testIt is not magnetic It does not sound like a regular quarter, it sounds half silver half regular. here are some pictures, let me know what you think!   pictured left in these ones   Edited by A7xschecter6661
11/30/2013 6:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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If you have access to a scale a weight test would be most telling. It does look clad-ish to me, and I know I've heard how the copper didn't always show in the earlier issues due to difficulties with the new composition, but the different sound makes me curious.
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As beat as that coin is I'm guessing it is a 1962 or 1963 silver that has taken a hit to the last digit making it look like the date reads 1965
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It sounds almost exactly like a silver, looks darker too.
I have access to the scale we use at the laundromat but I think it just rounds to the closest 5g but I will see tonight.
I can clearly make out the 1965, but I can't get it to show on the pictures. I read something about counterfeits having a grainy appearance?
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Its funny this came up: just reading articles on the 1965 cupro switch I have heard before of 1965 clads oppsy struck on 64-d planchets and another story og 1964 c coins with the reverse of 1965 (complete with mintmark) as no mint marks were used 1965-1967 this is a awesome find,. The latest article I read was the us mint minted silver until 1967 and ended up melting it and making the 68-70 proofs and mint sets with 1964-1967 I would say anything is possible including a clad 1964 this was a crazy time at the us mint |
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As beat as that coin is I'm guessing it is a 1962 or 1963 silver that has taken a hit to the last digit making it look like the date reads 1965
That's my impression. Have a closer look at the date. It also looks like it spent some quality time in the dryer on its' own, or as a slot-machine coin. |
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I found this in the coin bucket when I was emptying quarters. I have found some weird and chewed regular coins in the drums of machines but this one still has me stumped.
It is deffinitely 1965.
It does not sound like a clad and does not sound silver. It literally sounds like a half and half mixture of the two where if you flip it you don't hear the ringing like a silver coin, but if you hit the quarter off something it definitely sounds silver.
Very confusing!
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Can you get clearer closer pictures of the coin, specifically the date.
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Still researching this and not having much luck. I don't have access to a good scale
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The weight will tell a lot, see if you can get it weighed... Post office, jeweler, or coin shop should have scales... Or maybe a friend?
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We need it by the Grams. I'm thinking Dryer Coin. But also thinking silver... |
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Well I have yet to find a precise enough scale. I hit my local Wegmans that does everything by weight and it did it to .010lbs. This equates to 4.53592 grams but this is too inaccurate for this as it can basically be anywhere from .0051 (2.31332G) to .0149 (6.75853G) causing it to round to .01 lbs.
Keeping my fingers crossed and looking for a scale!
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Posted 11/30/2013 6:53 pm
