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New Member
United States
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I got this as change from a vending machine at work. It doesn't have the gold cladding like most Presidential dollars have. Not the best picture, but it looks like it was never gold coated. Did someone do this as a novelty or is it a mistake from the mint?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even if the clad layer were missing, it would still be copper in color. I highly doubt that it was struck on a SBA planchet by mistake, but stranger things have happened, I guess. How is its thickness? Was it maybe struck on a quarter or half planchet by mistake? |
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Australia
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What is the weight of it? Could it be silver plated?
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 United States
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I suspect that it is plated.
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for moving this to the proper forum. I don't get around here much.
It's the same size as a gold dollar and feels the same wieght in my hand, but I have no way of weighing it exactly. I may find a coin dealer to see if it's plated.
Why would someone plate a gold dollar silver? I thought it was a quarter at first.
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United States
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Why would someone plate a gold dollar silver? Any number of reasons. Perhaps a shyster company trying to turn them into something perceived as worth a premium - like they do "gold-plated" issues. Perhaps someone experimenting with an electroplating rig for other purposes. These being scans, we can't see the actual hue of the covering, and although that might not help determine the origin it would give us more traction for speculation. But as hcmusicguy said, if the plating is missing this is a copper coin. |
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New Member
United States
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The pictures I tried to take turned out either too blurry or the reflection was too bright. It looks like a shiny quarter with some knicks and scratches and slight discoloration on the front. It says 2009 on the side.
I'm in the Phoenix area. I may try to find a coin dealer near me to take a look at it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think some of the Home Shopping Network types sell silver plated dollar coins. They would be regular copper-zinc-manganese composition plated with a microscopic (read worthless) amount of silver to be sold as a collector's item.
This adds no value to the coin, the metal content is still the same as it was before plating. There is no realistic way to recover the silver from plating it anyway.
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United States
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I don't see how weighing is going to help,the plating is so light you need a scale that goes to 0.0001 or better and the don't forget about the mints' tolerance. If it was on a quarter planchet the design would look different because of striking pressure. An x-ray would be the way to go. I think it plated in silver or platinum. No added value,it's considered PMD. John1  |
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United States
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It could be platinum plated. I have seen platinum plated quarters, so it is not extraordinary. The material cost difference between platinum, gold, and silver plating is insignificant. A platinum plated dollar would be sold as being better than a golden one.
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