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Golden 2004-P Iowa State Quarter

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 Posted 08/09/2018  10:28 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add coinee to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I usually ask the local convenience store for any dollars or halves they have. Tonight there were some dollars and the clerk said oh this one is a quarter - but golden in color. I said I'll take it.

The first thing that comes to mind is it's plated. Looking at the edge there is no clad layer showing. Next I weighed it against a couple other State Quarters. The two normal quarters weighed 5.665 and 5.773. The golden quarter weighs 5.742. If the coin were well worn I think the weight would lean toward plating. But it is not so I would expect the weight to exceed the heavier of the normal quarters.

Here are some photos. The lighting is fluorescent so some of the reflections are white. The reverse has something going on in the middle that is the only area not looking golden.

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08/09/2018 10:29 pm
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 Posted 08/09/2018  10:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ok. I did some Google searching and found this post.
http://goccf.com/t/121054

So there is nothing special about this.
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 Posted 08/09/2018  11:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It was gold plated.
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 Posted 08/09/2018  11:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
HSC reject. I don't remember seeing plating falling off before on coins.
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