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I'm new here on the forum so forgive me if I'm not in the right section. I found a American State Quarter last week. It's a 1999 D New Jersey State Quarter. But the thing is when I found it while opening up a roll of quarters at first glance I thought it was silver. But after doing the drop test, you know that sound a silver coin makes, well it doesn't have the sound of silver. The edges look silver and even tried surfing the Internet and found nothing. That's why I'm here because it led me here so hopefully someone here can help me out. I live in a small town so I don't have a coin shop or anything like that to take it to get it checked out. I'm not home right now or I would try to upload a picture if your allowed because I'm new so I'm learning the site as I go. I also got a old looking ancient looking coin I found which the area I live in was where the first colony landed so definitely history in my area. After I get answers on this quarter I'll do the other coin. I'm new do forgive me so if you need more details let me know. It's basically a State Quarter 1999 D New Jersey that appears to be silver but it's not so maybe alloy but why would they do that? Thank you |
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Pillar of the Community
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 to the forum! The Denver Mint (D Mintmark) did not strike any Delaware quarters in silver. Only the San Francisco Mint (S Mintmark) struck quarters in silver. It could just be a very nice uncirculated coin (from my own experience, some uncirculated coins can be difficult to see the copper on the edge due to the luster) or it could be a coin someone plated with silver or another metal, just a post-mint alteration. It's impossible to say for sure without pictures though, are you able to post any? |
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Tanman2001 yea I have some State Quarters that have silver and I'm aware that the S mint marks are the only ones that could be silver. That's why I'm here because I'm a collector and know a lot of info on silver coins and ect. It's definitely not a clad I've shown my friend who is a bigger collector than me and that's when he said it may be alloy. How do I post pictures because I'm almost home in a few minutes and don't know how? |
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Thanks and I'm home and took pictures but trying to figure it out because I'm on my iPhone and don't have access to a computer right now. I keep trying but after o upload my picture I don't see a save button like it said it should. Hopefully I'll figure it out unless you got an email address I can send pictures to and maybe you can upload the pictures for me in the comments
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New Member
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I was able to upload the edges bc it had to be very small but that's the edges of the 1999-D New Jersey State Quarter. It appears to be silver or alloy not clad |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think it was most likely plated post-mint. I'd like to hear others' opinions though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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First Plated means someone coated it with another metal and so the edge would not show the copper. There are two things that can really help us help you: First - Cick on the link for an example of the tissue test. You will at least know if the surface is silver this way. Second - can you get a weight of the coin? A silver planchet from the proof coins of this year weigh 6.25 grams while a clad weighs 5.7 grams. So if it passes the tissue test, but the weight is not right, you know its played with silver. These coins were typically plated with other metals, painted, etc. to make market gimmicky "collectable sets." There really is no way a silver planchet could have been at the Denver mint this year. Edited by Earle42
03/02/2019 11:03 pm
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New Member
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I was reading about Experimental planchets for the 1999 State Quarters that bring good money. I'll look more into it bc I just found something on it now an I'll do the tissue test and yes unfortunately my scale broke a few weeks ago or I would have already weighed it. I need to buy a new scale |
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My father in law has quarter sets he bought from mint plated in the platinum
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JBuck what forum did you place it in so I know where to put it next time? Thanks
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JBuck what forum did you place it in so I know where to put it next time? Thanks US Modern Coins If you look at the top of the page just above the title (Help Me Figure Out What Exactly Is This Coin Is Please) and below the menu you will see what forum a topic is in. It is also below the last reply on the page. |
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JBuck thank you for replying because I'm new to this site and I'm already loving it because my other old coin was identified ASAP but this state coin is different lol but looks to me that it's an Experimental planchet and only a few and not many were made and people big of the company actually were the ones that supposedly got these as gifts or something and took them home and one place said they can go for thousands
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