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United States
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Has anyone ever seen a 1965 half on a 1964 planchet.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've seen dimes and quarters but not a half. In theory they could exist.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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A simple ring test would give you the answer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi  Never found one but always check out halfs for that. Pretty decent probability that they would exist. Especially on the 1965. Check out the other 40% silver dates also anyway. Only takes a few seconds to weigh one up. The 1964 90% silver half weighs a full gram more than the 40%er's. There is also discussion on 40% halfs on 64 planchets. Do a search on current or past posts on this subject once you get to know your way around the site. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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A simple ring test would give you the answer. How will a ring test tell him whether or not anyone else has seen one?  Edited by Conder101
02/08/2011 11:25 am
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New Member
United States
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Maybe I've got a 1965 Silver Quarter... not sure... but would like to know!
I actually came upon it a few years ago and stuck it in my jewelry box. I often hold on to 1965 coins because it was my birth year, so they are lucky. I first noticed that the coin makes a strange sound, unlike your typical clad 1965's. It's also got a blacker patina, and it does not have the obvious copper color along the outside edge. Otherwise, it looks exactly like a typical 1965 strike. I think it's silver. I hope it's silver. If so, let me know how to value, or what you think it might be worth!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum mark054 and doc bowman!
As far as the silver 1965 quarter goes. If it is silver it should weigh close to 6.25 grams. If it is clad it should weigh around 5.67 grams. Please post a picture of the quarter so we can see if anything else stands out.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mark054, if you do post a picture you might want to start a new topic since it is different than this one.
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New Member
United States
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System won't let me post the images (too big?), but here's a link... https://picasaweb.google.com/103900...=directlink#Since I don't have a balance that does fractions of grams, I balanced it with a clad bicentennial on a stick and measured the distances from center (bottom). From this I calculated that the unusual 1965 weighs approx 1.09 x as much... which is promising. |
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United States
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Wow hope silver mark looks like might be . The experts on here will know more tho
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mark - your coin is actually a lead counterfeit...not silver. The color tells it all. Silver doesn't even look like that.
Instead of comparing it to a normal 1965 quarter, how about comparing it to a 1964 quarter...then you would see why it cannot be a 1964 planchet.
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New Member
United States
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A lead counterfeit? Why would anybody bother to counterfeit quarters? I'm sure you know more than I do, but it sounds like a lot of work for very little payoff. Then again, quarters used to be worth something. Even in 1965. But the detail is much better than I would expect for something pressed in some guys garage.
I hope you're wrong. I assume it's not even worth $0.25 if you're right. Is there a do-it-yourself home test for lead/silver?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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In the 40s, a guy counterfeited nickels. Lead is cheap. 1965 was a good year to fake, because people were not sure were not sure what the "new" quarters should look like.
Home tests: For starters, you could write your name with your quarter. You can bend it barehanded, which won't happen with silver or clad.
If you have a silver buyer who uses potassium dichromate in nitric acid to test, 999 is bright red, sterling is dull red, lead is black.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks to all for your advice on this quarter. After a day of researching it, I've concluded it must be a fake. It's too soft (like lead) and leaves a mark when rubbed on paper. So it's likely worthless except that it would probably still work in a parking meter.
Of course, I'm disappointed. But at least now I know what to look for. Thanks to all of you.
Cheers!
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New Member
United States
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FYI Update:
I weighed 5 quarters btw 1965-1988, which were all between 5.63 - 5.67 grams, (avg = 5.64 grams). The 1965 counterfeit (?) was 5.99 grams. So it's 6% heavier than the standard clad, but still 4% less than the 6.25 grams expected for the silver coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mark...silver coins have a completely different color than your coin there...which is how I knew immediately the coin is counterfeit. Your coin is more of a battleship gray-silver whereas silver coins are a white-yellowish silver.
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