1976-S US Bicentennial Quarter Dollar Weight?

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Habib Alimohamma Valued Member Australia 143 Posts	Posted 07/02/2020 12:27 pm Hi, Today I was checking my quarters coins and I found 1976-S proof bicentennial quarter dollar coin that has 6.02g! I know that proof 1976-S bicentennial quarter coin should be 5.75g(%40 silver) and %90 silver coins should be 6.25g, the weight of my coin is in between. How it possible to get such a coin? Is it rare and error coin? I will be happy to receive your suggestions. With regards, Habib. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/02/2020 1:52 pm Weights can vary. But images might help us more. It the edge is showing copper, then it is a clad coin. If it is full silver than it is a silver coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Habib Alimohamma Valued Member Australia 143 Posts	Posted 07/04/2020 12:01 pm Hi, Thank you for your kind reply and image. As I mentioned it is proof bicentennial coin minted in San Francisco which is %40 silver, so its weight should be 5.75g. Again many thanks. I will try to ask from PCGS people too. With best regards, Habib. Report this Post to the Staff
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1658 Posts	Posted 07/04/2020 5:08 pm Assuming your scales are correct it is a little bit heavy, I don't think it is enough to really matter though. Report this Post to the Staff
Habib Alimohamma Valued Member Australia 143 Posts	Posted 07/05/2020 1:02 pm Hi, Thank you for your kind reply, but as you know much better than me, there is only 0.08g difference between copper-nickle Quarter coin and %40 silver Quarter coin. Here we have 0.27g difference with %40 silver Quarter coin which is almost 2.5 times more than difference between copper-nickle coin and %40 silver Quarter coin and it is only 0.23g less than %90 silver Quarter coin, so I have to think about it and find the answer. With best regards, Habib. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 07/06/2020 11:38 pm Toleranc for the 40% silver quarters was slightly stricter than for the clad coins (=/- .2 grams instead of .227) That would give a maximum in tolerance weight of 5.95 grams. So your coin is .07 grams out of tolerance. So TECHNICALLY an error, but not significant. If it had been 6.2 grams then I would say you had something good. Even 6.1 grams might have raised some interest, but .07 grams heavy isn't going to attract the attention of an error collector. Report this Post to the Staff
Habib Alimohamma Valued Member Australia 143 Posts	Posted 07/07/2020 11:34 am Hi, Thank you so much for your kind information. I think it is better to keep this coin aside, till I get enough time to work on it. With best regards, Habib. Report this Post to the Staff
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