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I came across this recently as I was picking out some junk silver. Would anyone like to theorize what happened to this poor quarter? 100 years' worth of disintegration underground? A shipwreck? A chemistry experiment conducted too close to someone's coin collection? Its weight is, quite remarkably, still 6.23 grams (.01 grams more than the standard weight for this issue). For 12.5x face, I couldn't resist having a truly unique conversation piece...   Edited by Earendil
09/25/2015 7:23 pm
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Looks like something slowly ate away at that poor guy.
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New pocket piece, perhaps?  |
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New pocket piece, perhaps? That's actually something that I've been considering! It's so incredibly far gone that I would never have to worry about inadvertently damaging it or affecting its eye appeal in some way (as is the case with some of my other pocket pieces)... Edited by Earendil
09/25/2015 1:47 pm
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Quite honestly, I think the eye appeal for this one is at its minimun. Considering you bought it at melt, perhaps it's worth wearing down it a bit. I would have, only if it wasn't so small!
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Oddly enough, this is probably exactly what today's zlincolns are going to look like in 2115
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09/25/2015 1:50 pm
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If it weights near normal then I don't think anything ate away at it,if that was the case it would weight less. Maybe a real bad case of road rash. Looks kinda neat. John1  |
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Yikes! Kind of cool, I guess.
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It's super sad but that would be my favorite purchase for that price for probally a month lol. Still need Seated quarters for my lowball 7070. |
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The way to deal with coins like this  Put it out of its misery and bury it. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Get a bezel and make a necklace out of it!
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Barnacles. Yup, maybe barnacles. Or some sort of candy coating.
I would have snapped it up in an instant. Nice!
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09/25/2015 4:41 pm
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Quite honestly, I think the eye appeal for this one is at its minimun. Considering you bought it at melt, perhaps it's worth wearing down it a bit. I would have, only if it wasn't so small! Oh, sorry, that's what I meant: that there's literally nothing I could consciously or unconsciously do to this coin to affect its condition in a negative way (since it's quite literally junk silver). That's what's holding me back! I have a few quarter pocket pieces already, and am always afraid I'll lose them. The "safe" size for me are half-dollars, silver dollars, or Silver Eagles. However, I've been carrying around a bent Mercury dime for months now, and it's still kicking around! Maybe there's some hope in that respect. Quote:
If it weights near normal then I don't think anything ate away at it, if that was the case it would weight less. Maybe a real bad case of road rash. Looks kinda neat. Yes, that was my conclusion as well when I saw that it hasn't actually lost any weight. Of course, since this coin's circulation period predates cars by quite a bit, could we maybe attribute its condition to some kind of carriage or train mishap? Quote:
Barnacles. Yup, maybe barnacles. Or some sort of candy coating.
I would have snapped it up in an instant. Nice! Ha ha, I haven't quite figured out what on earth happened to it! Thanks! I figured it was a cheap way to pick up a comparatively early U.S. silver coin with a whole lot of character. I passed on it the first time I saw it, but went back in the next day to pick it up. I decided that I wasn't going to see any kind of 1800s-era quarter for melt value again anytime soon. Edited by Earendil
09/25/2015 7:24 pm
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