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*** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! ***i was out metal detecting today and found a 1945 quarter.the weird thing about this quarter is I think it made of pure copper.it has no silver content.i havent tested it yet cause I'm scared to ruin it.i have a metal testing kit.but I'm almost 100 percent positive from how it looks its all cooper.i have checked the net and found nothing of a all copper quarter in 1945 if anyone can help with this that be great   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** Edited by chris1210
11/01/2015 9:41 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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coins that spend time in the ground can tend to look that way. if you could post pictures so we can help more, but it is most likely damage from being buried
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pics will help. An accurate weight is useful too.
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the CCF. You almost certainly have a corroded ground find 1945 Quarter ... photos would help us to help you to confirm. David |
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i have pulled an 1875 quarter out of the same spot and a lot of old silver coins detecting but this one is different I would bet money on it.should I test it or not is the hard question.if its all copper it would be the first of its kind?wouldnt it?
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New Member
Canada
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im going to weight it tomorrow I lent my scale to a friend.will post weight soon
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11/01/2015 9:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Silver coins can look like this when pulled out of the ground. Here is a 90% silver 1963-D Washington quarter I dug up last week. I thought it was a clad coin until I saw the date.  Paul Bulgerin
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United States
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 You have a prime example of environmental damage. Nice quarter find Paul  |
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New Member
Canada
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I have many old silver coins.I know what they look like from weather and dirt.the pic doesn't show it if you saw this in real life you could see what I'm seeing.
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11/02/2015 09:04 am
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New Member
Canada
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I actually have a 44 Canadian quarter found around same area same conditions it's,easy to tell them apart. The 44 looks like and old silver coin.the coin in question doesn't and it has the green color in spots associated with copper and the beautiful reddish color
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I too think it is environmental toning. The coin is struck with full collar and the RCM was not making any coins for foreign countries in those days. Sometimes what folks do with old tokens recovered from the ground is to take a needle and lightly scratch the metal in between the reeding on the rim... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i think it is also environmental damage maybe was already damaged before it was lost in the ground, how did it read on you metal detector? mine would read 86 for silver and 81 for copper
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First thing needed is a fairly accurate weight.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Hi Chris 1210. Welcome to the forum! Please keep in mind that there are a lot of factors when you find a coin in the ground. The length of time it spent buried would be a relevant one. Another would be the ph level of the soil which can change the effect on the coin quite drastically. also, a one of a kind copper quarter would have more likely been pulled out of circulation instead of ending up buried. But don't give up hope or get discouraged by all of the negative comments here on the site. Everyone is trying to be helpful. SPP is correct in the best way to test the quarter is on the reeded edge. You may also wish to post in this forum for metal detecting. You may get some more opinions from guys that see a lot of these. http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...?FORUM_ID=52Good luck! Rob |
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that quarter has been in the ground for a long, long time, if not for the environmental damage it would be an au coin for sure. I have pulled coins half that age and they look like copper, drop it on a hard surface it will ring like silver...
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Waiting on that weight........
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