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It's called an impaired proof if it's pulled from circulation.  If the weight is 6.5 I'm guessing it's plated. Edited by SilverDollar2017
12/27/2018 12:31 pm
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Anyone seen those State Quarter map sets at the store that have the "S" mint mark quarter that is "limited release"? Maybe someone bought one of those sets, plated the coin, and released it into circulation. Just throwing an idea out..... -CH27 Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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It is an S mint coin, it HAS to be a proof. They didn't start making S mint business strike quality quarters til 2012. The weight indicates that it has to be a silver proof and not a plated clad proof. It is close to a gram too heavy to be a clad proof but just about within high tolerance for a silver proof. Quote:
It's not 'proof' it it was pulled from circulation ... the grade automatically drops to BU once human hands touch a coin IMHO Proof is not a grade, it is a method of manufacturing. Getting into circulation and being handled does not change how it was manufactured. Quote:
Or it is one of the plated ones from HSC? Why would they plate a silver proof? |
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Given enough handling, the proof finish goes away. This is my 1968-S Kennedy pocket piece:  Neat find, pulling this from circulation! |
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RaleighCoinDeal said "Wow you found 90% silver coin in change. Great for you !! The S mint mark really helps."
Thanks, but it's really not a big deal for us. In the last year or so my eight year old has pulled seven silver quarters (pre 1964) and over twenty silver dimes from the reject bin in Coinstar machines. That's beyond the dozens of dollars worth of 'regular' change, foreign currency, and oddball tokens left there.
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Where are you guys getting those wacky weights from? Red Book lists clad quarters as being 5.67grams and silver proofs as being 5.75grams. I don't understand where the 6.25g came from. No matter what, it IS a proof; but it's lost a little weight (maybe from all the beach exercising on the islands?). |
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Edited by Alpha2814
12/27/2018 7:33 pm
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Oops; my bad! I happened to use the data from the Bi-Centennial quarter. I missed the info from the next page that confirmed the 6.25gram weight. I think I'll take my nighttime pills and go to bed. Sorry!  |
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Ok, I was traveling for the holidays. Now that I'm home, I have to find the coin. Once I do, I'll weigh it again on my scale (not the borrowed one) and take better pics.
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