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Valued Member
United States
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I found this quarter some time ago. It look dirty so I put it aside. After I wiped it I saw it looked copper. After reading this article https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-c...iss.all.html I had a better understanding how this happened. My quarter weight 5.61 grams, a quarter in 92 weighs 5.67. I did not know what Forum to put it in Error or Grading. Does it have value.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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Hmm, normally with missing clad layers on the obv and rev, I believe the weight should be a lot lower and not well struck-up. I'm guessing that your may have been treated with a chemical to get that surface coloration (or perhaps copper-plated).
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Edited by Spence
03/27/2018 8:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to CCF! Sorry, but it doesn't look like an error to me. The color is difficult to determine from your pictures, but both sides look the same. As far as the weight, a deviation of 0.06 g is fairly normal, and may be the result of an inaccurate scale, a slightly underweight planchet, or a number of other factors. If a clad layer was missing, it would weigh significantly less. Better luck next time. |
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Valued Member
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I gave it more light to see the detail.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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See the area next to the 'R' on dollar on the rim? Where the color wore off that area, now silver color is showing through. So the coin is coated with something from being outside in the environment. Take a look at the edge of the coin. Can you see the copper layer there as darker? If so, that is what the color should look like. Dark copper. On the missing clad quarters, the devices tend to be weak because of the missing thickness.  See the weakness on both sides of this coin? You coin is normal. So if you carried this coin in your pocket with other change, the silver color will come back after the red color is gone. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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So if you carried this coin in your pocket with other change, the silver color will come back after the red color is gone.  Your coin has been environmentally altered/damaged and wear through circulation will remove the outer layer and show the silvery color underneath. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Valued Member
United States
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What color is the clad layer on the backside. Does anone have pick of the clad material...Thanks
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is Environmental Damage, not an error. It is not missing the Clad layer. That's called toning that you are seeing on your coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What color is the clad layer on the backside. Does anone have pick of the clad material...Thanks The center is made of copper and the clad layers on either side is copper-nickel (silver colored), making a three-layer sandwich. So, if the cladding was missing on one side or both, you would see the copper core there instead of the silvery CuNi color. However, be careful to not confuse a copper-colored layer of environmental damage for missing a clad layer. Weight and strike quality help to determine what is really going on, and in this case, it is just environmental damage. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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06/26/2018 12:41 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can see on the rims where the color is wearing off, back to silver. If it were copper, it wouldn't do that.
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New Member
United States
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The copper quarter is pretty ruff.Any information and opinion on value? Also is the missing piece of clad on the obverse a error?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What it says on the reverse. Quarter of a dollar. Not a missing clad coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fredrocoinman, you are asking questions to a posting made nearly 4 years ago. Feel free to ask any questions you may have in current thread you can easily create here. It might generate more replies.  to the CCF! |
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