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HI all, another question:  The 1976 quarter... if I have read things correctly, there is the "normal" version, proof version, and a partly silver version. What I am not sure about is if the silver version was actually put into circulation or just issued for collectors? AND I am having trouble telling apart the normal vs. silver versions in photos I see. As with any digital image, things vary by camera/scanner, computer monitor settings, etc. How can I tell if I find a silver one? Will it sound different? Is it any shinier than the normal version, but less so than a proof? JD |
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Silver will weigh 5.75 grams and clad 5.67 grams. You can also do the tissue test. John1  |
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TISSUE TEST! HA!
Come on now... are you pulling my proverbial leg? If not, that is COOL!
All I have is my postal scale, so I can't do the weigh-in.
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11/08/2020 6:42 pm
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Also the edges of clad quarters should be a half copper and half silver color, a pure silver quarter will be a solid silver all the way around.
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is there actually a silver 1974 quarter? Not sure I see that they made them in silver that year. I know the last silver quarters in circulation were from 1964, and in 1974 there was a clad proof, but I don't see silver off the bat?
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is there actually a silver 1974 quarter? NO, not in 1974, but the OP is writing about the 1976 quarter. Nells250 Yes, the 1976 'Drummer Boy' quarter was made in silver, in both a 'circulated' finish and a 'proof' finish, though neither was actually circulated.
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All I have is my postal scale, so I can't do the weigh-in. Best to spend the $10 or $20 and get yourself a useful digital scale.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Thanks, not sure why my brain saw 1974.... whoops. Dyslexic moment I guess.
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There are five versions not counting varieties and errors.
'76 (P) clad
'76-D clad
'76-S 40% ag
'76-S 40% ag (from high speed press)
'76-S 40% ag PRF
The clads were made for circulation and the ag was made for collectors and few circulated.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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'76-S 40% ag
'76-S 40% ag (from high speed press) I assume strike and relief may be signs to differentiate these. Any other tells? |
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"AG" ? As for the scale, I am unfortunately not in a very good financial position at the moment so I would REALLY NEED that style scale to spend the money on one. The one I have helps me ship out ebay items, so it has "earned its keep"! ;-) Soooooo both the silver proofs and non-proofs were sold by the mint, not put into circulation. And if a standard silver was found IN circulation, it would be because someone broke up a year set or something? Looking at the edge is something I should have thought of  I actually have one '76 that is nicer than the rest I have kept, so I better go take a peek at it. Aren't they only part silver, too? |
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"AG" ? 40% silver. Quote:
And if a standard silver was found IN circulation, it would be because someone broke up a year set or something? Correct. It was inherited, lost, stolen, or otherwise spent. |
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These were 40% silver like the '65-'70 Kennedy halves and the silver Eisenhower dollars. 80% silver outer layers bonded to a 20.9% silver inner core. However, unlike the regular coins with a copper core, you can't really see the sandwiched layers. |
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How do they get "40% silver" from "AG"? You coin guys... I dunno...
CptJava - now WHY is that?
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Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, ... John1 |
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