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New Member
United States
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I uploaded new pictures - Hello, I'm very new to coin collecting but I came across this 2017 quarter. I haven't had a chance to weigh it yet (don't have a scale). But the reverse is Very noticeably dull brown. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. Very noticeable from other quarters, it's only the reverse that has this imperfection. I believe it's missing the claD    Edited by jasonro26
10/28/2020 8:15 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Probably just toning. Also, copper-nickel alloyed coins can get verdigris; you know, the green stuff.
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Moderator
 United States
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 to CCF. Probably need better,different photos to really help you. Going with these pics I see a normal coin. John1  |
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United States
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When you crop the images to just a little bit around the coin areas, they images can be a lot larger of the coin and less of the background. I just just have a telescope of see the images. LOL
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Copper nickel and copper nickel clad coins will turn brown, and will appear as if they had no nickel in them at all,
if they have been in ground burial.
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New Member
 United States
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The brown color is only on the reverse side, the front looks perfectly silver colored. The brown color is completely uniform across the reverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Probably environmental tarnishing. to the CCF!  |
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United States
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@jason, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please provide a weight for your coin? If it is missing a clad layer then it should be underweight, perhaps significantly so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it were missing the clad layer, there would be a significant color difference, being that you would have the copper layer exposed. All images I can see above look normal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just toned. It is not at all unusual for only one side to tone, if laying on one side for a long period only one side is exposed to the environment.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Have a very close look at the milled edge under high magnification, - evidence of the cladding may be visible.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Missing clad is totally a different color:  Without the clad, even the strike is weakened:  |
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