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United States
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Not sure if you can get a good look at this quarter but it's got a really weird fake looking plated finish on it, kind of like what you'd expect to see from a token at an arcade.. It's shiny and new but doesn't look like a new quarter nor does it look like a Proof quarter.. Anyway.. was wondering if anyone had any ideas on it... it just doesn't look like any other quarter I'bve ever seen and it stands out from the crowd when in a pile of other coins...  |
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. What does the edge look like? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Early strike off new dies; been in circulation, though.
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 United States
255 Posts |
Thanks for the reply :-) Here's another shot of it next to a regular quarter along with a shot of the edges. You can see it just looks different. The edges are next to the coins they belong to. The quarter on the right has a bit of copper color in it whereas the one on the left doesn't  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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United States
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I agree, plated. Probably a home shopping collector set refugee.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the replies. if it was plated, who would do that? Did it come from the Mint? And if it was an "early strike off new dies" (sounds cool but don't know what that means) was it not meant for circulation?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There are literally millions of State Quarters that have been plated post-mint with silver, gold, and platinum. They inevitably get spent when the owner discovers that they are still only worth 25 cents. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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The quarter itself came from the U.S. Mint, but the plating was done by a 3rd party. Two possibilities are other mints that release these plated quarters as sets (you'll see gold ones too -- also worth only 25 cents), or a home lab experiment. By "early strike off new dies" I suspect sel_69l is referring to the possibility that brand new coin dies that haven't been hammered into tens of thousands of planchets (coin blanks) can produce very proof-like (mirrored and shiny) results such as the one you provided. But your subsequent photos show that this is very clearly a plated coin. Oh, and |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for all the replies... Sounds like a whole lotta nuthin' goin' on... Will probably keep it as a novelty.. :-)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Oh, at 25 cents it's definitely a keeper!  I have a few of those as well and they're great conversation pieces. My favorite is a gold-plated SBA. |
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