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I have this 1981 D quarter weighing 5.40 grams already ik the Weight Tolerance is +/-.227 so it's under the tolerance. weighed three times compared to other 1981 D quarters I put one in the picture as well just to compare this one doesn't really look any different though would like y'alls opinions please   Edited by JMart
04/28/2020 01:07 am
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Pillar of the Community
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A quarter on dime stock should weigh about 4.2 grams. It was probably struck on rolled thin quarter stock if it is an error.
Can you take pictures of the reverse as well as a side by side comparison of a standard quarter?
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04/28/2020 12:49 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't understand... your title says 4.0 grams, but you show us 5.4 grams on your scale. If it was struck on a dime planchet, lettering of the quarter would be falling over the edges, wouldn't it? I'm confused  |
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So sorry @merclover been a long day but yes I meant 5.40 grams what's it weighs
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Bedrock of the Community
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But, but if you have a larger coin minted on a smaller planchet, wouldn't it be similar to putting on a shirt 5 times bigger than your size? Wouldn't the lettering on the quarter appear to wrap around the smaller dime planchet? And, a dime planchet weights in the neighbourhood of only 2.50 grams, which is less than half the 5.40 grams weight you showed us. Who told you your quarter was minted "on dime stock," and why? The evidence doesn't point in that direction from what I see. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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But, but if you have a larger coin minted on a smaller planchet, wouldn't it be similar to putting on a shirt 5 times bigger than your size? Wouldn't the lettering on the quarter appear to wrap around the smaller dime planchet? And, a dime planchet weights in the neighbourhood of only 2.50 grams, which is less than half the 5.40 grams weight you showed us. You are confusing dime "Stock" with dime "planchet". Dime STOCK is the strip of metal, rolled to dime thickness, that dime blanks are punched from. If you take this dime thickness strip of metal and punch quarter blanks from it and strike them you have a "Quarter on dime stock" If you punch dime blanks from it and then strike them with quarter dies you have a "quarter on dime planchet." Not the same thing. Planchets are cut from stock. Likewise if you take strip rolled to quarter thickness and punch dime blanks from it and strike them you get a "dime on quarter stock", which is possible, a dime struck on a quarter planchet is not possible (without assistance from the press operator) Edited by Conder101
04/28/2020 02:46 am
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"This 1970-D Washington quarter dollar was struck on dime stock. It weighs 4.24 grams." Still too heavy for dime stock |
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You are confusing dime "Stock" with dime "planchet". Yes, of course you are right, Conder101, I do know the difference, I misused my words. Dime stock is not the same as a dime planchet. But my original point is still valid: the OP's quarter weights 5.40 grams which is too much weight to be to be made from dime stock. If made on dime stock, it should weigh 4.24 grams. Sometimes I feel that I am being punk'd. Everyone expects their coin to be a winning lottery ticket and we have to explain why it isn't. |
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It seem that some small amount of weight must have been removed from the circumference of the coin, as the picture shows.
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