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 This is image of a Reverse side of a 1975 Bicentennial Proof Set. The front of the set shows a correct 1776-1976 quarter; however, the reverse side of this quarter is show in the image and is missing the outside silver clad. Note comparison to other coins in set. Can anybody confirm this error by the Mint? To date, I have found no others that have a set like this.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF! Are you able to get a clear closeup of that quarter? Errers and Varietys.
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There is no silver , that is the standard clad proof set .
Most likely just toning .
Need way better pix!
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to the CCF! |
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Would love to see a closer-in, sharp pic. Thanks.
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My first comment was "Coincidenc?, probably.is it just a glare?".. I'm not trying to debate you and your thousands of hours when I already assumed haha. I still don't understand how it is on it, doesn't make sense, since it another reverse design and that why I wanted to know because the eagle fit perfectly in it and thought it was cool. I see the eagle on the half dollar but do not see it on the dollar coin. What are yalll seeing that resembles another reverse design or is it the eagle? Or are you just pointing out that proofs get a haze Marve65 ? I know I hate it when it happens to my proofs. It made one of my 57 proof dimes look ugly.
Edited by Dykil93
12/27/2024 04:23 am
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Nothing is silver "coated".
There are clad (copper-nickel outsides with a pure copper core) and 40% (net) silver-clad coins.
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Quote:It looks like the half dollar has the Washington quarter on the reverse and the bird is looking g to the right in the picture. Coincidenc?, probably.is it just a glare? Dykil93, that's just a reflection / glare on the plastic case. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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I say it's just cloudiness that has developed over the years that resembles the reverse of a normal quarter. Pareidolia another words. You can see the same type of cloudiness on the Ike dollar. |
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As you can see here the cloudiness/haze on the Half and the Dollar.  EDIT: To see if it is just a reflection like Hondo stated, just take a picture at a different angle and see if it is there in the same shape and form. Is it there when you are looking at the case in hand or just in your picture? Edited by Marv65
12/27/2024 12:48 am
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The person that posted the picture never responded so, we will find out.. or not haha. Cheers
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Thanks, Marve!
Dykil93, I've taken many many thousands of pictures of coins so I speak from experience. I challenge you to take a photo of a proof set as OP did and NOT have reflections / glare on the coins.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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My first comment was "Coincidenc?, probably.is it just a glare?".. I'm not trying to debate you and your thousands of pictures when I already assumed haha. I still don't understand how it is on it, doesn't make sense, since it another reverse design and that why I wanted to know because the eagle fit perfectly in it and thought it was cool. I see the eagle on the half dollar but do not see it on the dollar coin. What are yalll seeing that resembles another reverse design or is it the eagle? Or are you just pointing out that proofs get a haze Marve65 ? I know I hate it when it happens to my proofs. It made one of my 57 proof dimes look ugly.
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12/27/2024 04:34 am
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to CCF. When the OP mentions the 'sliver on the quarter, I think they are referring to the color and not the metal content here. But the reflections we are seeing are from the OP's camera and other surrounding things above the coins. |
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I agree with DB above, common occurrence of "silver" being mistakenly used to refer to a silver color clad layer.
I don't know where the, obvious Reflections in the coin photos turned into the Eagle Reverse of a quarter, came from
but it's an optical illusion you're seeing there. Illusion + Vivid Imagination.
The original question of the Post was simply off-colored reverse on a quarter. The OP should post the obverse of the coins
so we can see what is going on there, but I have seen enough mint sets with toning occurring on coins that I must agree
with above response telling you that it is most likely toning on your coin. It can happen to a sealed mint set.
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