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Edited by Ricardocody
08/16/2011 5:04 pm
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Tough one hein guys ?! Here is some pics of a silver platted that I found months ago .   I can clearly see the plating on the rim ( with the magnifying) , the 1999P you can see the clear metal ! Here is what mikeDiamond said about this coin in a different forum ... If you see a small spot of copper on the edge, it may or may not be the copper core. In an off-metal strike on a solid Cu-Ni planchet, fine particles of copper left behind by previous quarters can be struck into the coin. It could falsely lead one to reject a genuine off-metal error. However, if you're sure it's a nick, then that would indicate that the edge was either plated or the outer clad material was smeared onto the edge. The latter would carry little value. I think this coin could be a off metal or as he said could also be a strike in a wrong planchet (in a foreign planchet ). I think I ll send it to a TPG and try because I know a off metal error can be valuable sometimes , any advises ?!. |
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You're a veteran searcher, so I assume you are pretty familiar with the gotchas on this sort of thing... It is weird looking. The edge looks layered, but the wrong color. I've seen plenty of clad coins with the clad layers "smeared" and obscuring part of the core, but they don't look anything like this. If you've eliminated plating as a possibility, I don't have any idea what it could be, considering it's the right weight.
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Captain you right sometimes the the copper gets covered with clad left on the die from the previous struck coins but is not the case upon I cut between the reed and there was no cooper at all ! I also though it could be a quarter made of a nickel planchet then I realize it would make the quarter lil of center ! Or not ? I even made a nick in both sides to check for plating and the result is NO plating ! I think there on the rim where you are thinking is layered is the seem where the top and bottom dies touch eachother I guess ...
Edited by Ricardocody
08/16/2011 11:04 pm
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Every "solid-alloy" State Quarter I've come across had been plated. No authentic, full diameter, normal weight, solid-alloy State Quarters have been authenticated, to my knowledge. Error coin writer and researcher.
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No, just the 90% silver in the silver proof sets.
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You can see the line on the reeding for the copper sandwich that was plated over. If it were all silver, that line would not be there.
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Any definitive conclusion on this coin? I just found a 1999P Penn. Quarter with no apparent copper, which lead me to this forum.
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 !! You'll probably want to post clear, visible pics & make a new thread. |
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 and accurate weight please. BTW, to the CCF! |
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Posted 08/16/2011 9:45 pm
