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 Posted - 03/20/2007 : 20:45:16
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I found a silver quarter today in the cash office, but this one is a State Quarter from NEVADA and I am unsure if it is real silver or of the plated sorted. The ridges are VERY sharp and I wonder if it is a proof that junior took from a collection... anyway...
Is it best to take it to some local coin store and see what they say?
If so,How can I not be taken?
What are ya'll thinking?
Thanks
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pencilvanian
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Posted - 03/20/2007 : 20:56:51
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Does the edge look silver in color, no copper visible?
Does it have an S mint mark for San Francisco?
If so, then it might just well be silver.
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Some proofs were silver, some were not. |
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 17:06:11
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The edge is silver, but the marking is a P
It was just odd not seeing that copper band around the edging and made me curious.
Thanks for your help! |
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pencilvanian
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 18:35:11
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Don't give up yet.
Maybe it was the wrong planchet fed into the die, a silver planchet instead of a cupronickel planchet.
Maybe they used the wrong metal and you have a 70/30 cupronickel quarter by mistake! (accidents do happen.)
Take it to your coin dealer and find out what the story is on that quarter. |
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Cerulean
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 07:27:27
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I've seen a few CuNi coins that appear to have silver edges, but when I weigh them, they turn out to be plain old clad. The silver-esque edging is when the nickel layer covers over the copper layer on the edge, obscuring it from view.
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Penny Search Totals:
881 zincs (1982-2006) 77.1%
254 coppers (1959-1982) 22.2%
6 wheats (1940-1952)
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Ardent Listener
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 07:46:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Cerulean
I've seen a few CuNi coins that appear to have silver edges, but when I weigh them, they turn out to be plain old clad. The silver-esque edging is when the nickel layer covers over the copper layer on the edge, obscuring it from view.
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Penny Search Totals:
881 zincs (1982-2006) 77.1%
254 coppers (1959-1982) 22.2%
6 wheats (1940-1952)
1 dime (2004)
Correct, back in the 70s when I was pulling 90% silver coins out of circulation I use to come across them from time to time. I see a lot less of them now.
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 16:12:47
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Originally posted by Cerulean
I've seen a few CuNi coins that appear to have silver edges, but when I weigh them, they turn out to be plain old clad.
I would love to weigh them against a 'regular' quarter. What type of scale are you using or would one try to purchase/borrow? |
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Metalophile
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Posted - 04/03/2007 : 08:00:22
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If you can find someone who works in a laboratory, they may have access to a high accuracy balance. Also, don't forget the ring test. If the quarter happened to be plated with silver or some other silvery metal, I don't think the coin would ring like real silver.
I received a proof statehood quarter one time in regular change, but it was a regular cupronickel.
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Posted - 04/05/2007 : 18:43:37
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