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New Member
United States
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I have a quarter that is missing one silver side. I am not a collector so I have no clue what to do with this. Can someone share some info and advice? Thanks!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Welcome to CCF. I see this is your first post. I'll hang out the welcome sign:  The coin appears still silver on the reverse. If it were missing the clad layer then it would look something like this:  |
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the reply and the Welcom Sign!
I can tell you for sure that the color is definately NOT silver on the back. If you are saying that the silver is still there,then what do you think happened to make it look like copper?
Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
It could suffer from tampering/enviromental damage/acid dipping. The end of what could it be is usually longer than I can think of.
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New Member
United States
5 Posts |
OK.Can you suggest a way that I can test it or who I can take it to to look at it? I have had this coin for well over 14 years, this is the first I have inquired about it. I will end up keeping this in my jewlery box forever if I dont figure this out! :)
Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
 An accurate weight(+/-0.1gram or better) would be helpful, a missing clad layer would result in a coin significantly underweight. You can also try posting larger photos as those are too small to see much detail. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A quarter with a missing clad layer should weigh somewhere around 4.7 grams compared to a normal weight of 5.67 grams.
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New Member
United States
5 Posts |
OK, I finally took the coin to a jewler and it weighed in at 4.6. So it seems that from what I was told that it is mismade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Weight is good, I think you have a pretty good chance of having a real missing clad layer error. Congratulations.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Unless it was sitting in an acid bath on one side. A closer view of the rim might answer that question?  Note the weakness on the rim showing the acid reaction. Another image of your coin might show more. If the rim is full and strong it may be legit. If it is not, then it might not be legit. People mess with coins and then spend them. We find them. |
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New Member
United States
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Rim seems to be there, you can see it and feel it. The word United is a little worn and there is a big gash on one side like someone wanted to cut it in half and failed. At this point I could just use some advice...Take it to a local coin dealer or sell it on-line somewhere? I would hate to sell it for $10.00 and find out that I could have gotten more.
Thanks for your time and expertise, this has been interesting and I am now starting to look closer at my pocket change.
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