Most Bizarre Quarter I Have Ever Seen (1999 D)

Ah, I see. I guess the only way to know for sure is to bring it to a jeweler to get tested. Thanks for your insight.

No real point in taking it to get tested, it's too light for silver.

I've been looking at different metals for my entire life. It doesn't really look like platinum nor silver. If its silver, its not plated the same way as other silver quarters were, the finish is more matte like. Is it possible to plate with metals other than platinum or silver?


This coin here I know looks for sure nothing like the one I have

Your new photo is of an actual non plated silver proof from the mint in a perfect 70 condition along with having ultra cameo. The sets I mentioned were usually uncirculated quarters that had finishes applied so that alone would be greatly different between the two in a comparison. Proofs are coins that are specially struck, typically for sales directly to collectors. Many proofs exhibit varying degrees of "frost" on the design elements. This is achieved when the surrounding fields are polished on the coining die to give them a brilliant finish. NGC uses Cameo and Ultra Cameo designations after the numeric grade to describe the degree of frost present on the design elements. If little or no frost is present, no designation will be used. (Note: Ultra Cameo is generally synonymous with Deep Cameo, another common term in the hobby.)

Its also possible that the quarter you have has some circulation wear or environmental exposure, many were dumped into circulation during 2009. Finishes can wear off as seen sometimes in the satin ones as another example. The plated ones were not done at the US Mint so processes might be different. Yes it could also be a different plating used but in any case you can at least id its plating and therefore to most collectors just a novelty for that part of the collection.