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N A F H New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 08/24/2024 5:17 pm I have a collection of StateCommemorative Quarters. I have all 50 states and the territories but they're gold not silver. Have I got another collection of junk? Report this Post to the Staff

commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12250 Posts	Posted 08/24/2024 5:59 pm It's extremely likely that your set is gold-plated, not solid gold. A variety of "plated" State Quarter sets were sold when the coins were enjoying widespread popularity - silver-plated, gold-plated, platinum-plated, etc. (Base metal coins were plated.) The plating is so microscopically thin that it adds no value to the coins. In fact, many collectors consider the plated coins "damaged" and thus having no value beyond face value. If you like looking at them, and enjoy having them in your collection, you are getting good value from them - just don't plan on the set ever being worth much more than $14.00. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94584 Posts	Posted 08/24/2024 10:43 pm to CCF Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73559 Posts	Posted 08/24/2024 11:01 pm To CCF! Gold plating doesn't add any premium above face value. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 6985 Posts	Posted 08/24/2024 11:18 pm to ccf [quote]Have I got another collection of junk?[quote] love the attitude...stay positive Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15381 Posts	Posted 08/25/2024 06:38 am to the CCF Agree that they are worth face value only. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4587 Posts	Posted 08/25/2024 09:26 am Junk Crooks plate them and then sell them to non-collectors at prices that would make a used car salesman blush, with the illusion that they are rare "collectibles" so that Grannie would leave something of value to the heirs. When the heirs take her collection to a coin store, the best case is they get told gently it's junk. The worst case is getting laughed at. Eventually, the heirs dump them into the CoinStar at face value where people find them in circulation. To me the worst is the "Heirloom Quality Rosewood Collector's box" which turns out to be a plastic veneer over MDF - and if you burn it, it emits toxic fumes. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 08/26/2024 11:58 am Quote: To me the worst is the "Heirloom Quality Rosewood Collector's box" which turns out to be a plastic veneer over MDF - and if you burn it, it emits toxic fumes. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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