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So there was a thread on here a couple years back about a 72 quarter struck on a silver planchet. I've been holding onto this darn quarter for a couple months (since I started casually collecting). Have been trying to figure out why it looks weird and different than most other quarters I've came across.. then I read that forum today, is it possible to be struck on some kind of silver? Or nickel? Dime? Foreign? I smell a conspiracy.. or maybe a normal quarter. IDK please help.   |
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@RB3, we are going to need an accurate weight in order to help you. If it is within mint specs (or close), then you have just another quarter. Also, maybe add a shot of the edge of this coin if you can. Thx.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yep, weight and a shot of the edge will most likely answer the question.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Weight would tell the differences:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Do you see copper on the edge? This pics could help as well but as eluded to, weighing the coin is best.
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Bedrock of the Community
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With the edge pics, I see a clad quarter.
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New Member
United States
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Could just the obverse have silver on it? Because I did see the edge, obvious clad yes, but even through normal wear compared to all other edges I've seen for similar coins, it's still somehow unique.
Experienced collectors have a trained eye a by the book eye. My eye is more subjective, and I've learned a ton about coins in a month, but looking at it just as a quarter to my untrained eye it just looks different than others. Don't know how. Don't know why. But I swear there's something going on with this coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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If it were silver it would weight 6.25 grams. So it is another face value coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bouncing between 5.59-6.0. That would be an awfully big bounce .4 grams? I think you mean between 5.59 and 5.60 which is well within tolerance for a clad quarter and WELL outside of tolerance for a silver quarter. The silver 1972 turned out to be a mint worker helped concoction, struck on a 1964 quarter. So it is a "one of" just like the 70 S quarter on a 41 Canadian or the 70 S on a 1900 Barber quarter or the dime on a nail. Just a worker playing around and not an error. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can't be silver on just one side. It is a normal quarter, weight is OK, nothing unusual about it.
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Posted 04/20/2020 5:15 pm
