Spied a silvery rim in a teller tray today, but this Vermont state quarter clearly has a Philly mintmark. I found a gold plated state quarter once, but not a silver plated one. What's going on?
What is the deal with this quarter?
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SilverSearcher103
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Don't take my word for it but i think thats just the way it was minted, the copper might be covered up by the nickel. About 90 percent of a quarter is copper,and its plated with nickel. Its the same idea of how some 40% halves show copper on the rim and some don't. I don't know if that would be considered an error or not. Maybe try sound checking it with a clad quarter and a silver one just to make sure its not struck on a silver planchet.
50cent
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sorcery that's what's goin on. looks like whoever did this black magic turned clad to silver.
Use your metal detector to tell the difference between silver clad and regular clad. That assumes you have a detector with tone I.D. or a meter.
coinguy*matthew
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Just check the weight and diameter that will tell the whole story.
50cent
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hook, line & sinker.
The diameter is different between the silver clad and regular clad??
SilverSearcher103
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No, all quarters silver and clad have a diameter of 24.25 mm
coinguy*matthew
Sr. Member
No but if you were to plate a quarter it would certainly affect both weight and diameter. If the coin was within specs of a silver quarter you would have undoubtedly uncovered a very rare error, its just highly unlikely and my suspicion is that its just been plated.
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It looks silver plated.
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