Odd little coin, any ideas?

[BRChiver]

Found this little '74 in a roll today. I was sound checking and I heard the tink. It's deeper than a 40% sound but lighter than a 90% sound. I left my darn scale on the desk at work but i did a quick balance test and it's heavier than a 40 but lighter than a 90


Here is a '64 on top, the '74 the a 40%er at the bottom.


I'll put it on the scale in the am to get an exact weight. Anyone have any ideas to what was done to this or maybe its a fake?

 

[SilverHoarder07]

Spray painted?

 

[palidin20603]

possible chrome or silver plate, not a 40%er or 90%er. Your scale is going to give the right answer. HH. It certainly looks silver.

 

[mAGma]

Yes, I would have to agree with palidin and say it is probably silver plated, but def not a silver coin

 

[BRChiver]

possible chrome or silver plate, not a 40%er or 90%er. Your scale is going to give the right answer. HH. It certainly looks silver.

That's kinda what I was thinking but have never seen a plated before.

 

[rfishoutofwater]

What about a magician coon with one half silver the other clad? Odd find though.

 

[mAGma]

What about a magician coon with one half silver the other clad? Odd find though.

Looks like front and back are toned pretty evenly. My magicians coin has a pretty obvious hollow sound as well

 

[BRChiver]

What about a magician coon with one half silver the other clad? Odd find though.

Def not a magicians coin; I did actually get one today though.

 

[44_Dimes]

My best guess is plated like everyone else but would a clad plated half be heavier than 40%?

 

[ArkieBassMan]

Could be a "struck on a foreign planchet" error. I have what should be a clad Kennedy as well that "sounds funny." Its not really worn and toned/corroded a weird yellow. It weighs something like 8.9g. Its not a magicians coin, but I have no idea what it is or what happened to it.

 

[SilverForBrains]

What about a magician coon with one half silver the other clad? Odd find though.

yea those things usually have no sound at all.

 

[Eminem]

Looks like it was one of my stress dollas at one point.

 

[SilverForBrains]

You can tell 100% it's plated because on the obverse the nickel comes through where there is wear. Always a fail proof visual test. Not sure what the plating is but I've found a few that look like this. The sound I can't figure out though, usually plated halves to me sound like clad. might as well weigh it, maybe a plated fake or something weird like that?

 

[SilverForBrains]

Could be a "struck on a foreign planchet" error. I have what should be a clad Kennedy as well that "sounds funny." Its not really worn and toned/corroded a weird yellow. It weighs something like 8.9g. Its not a magicians coin, but I have no idea what it is or what happened to it.

Interesting, who nows maybe I'm wrong. I have definitely gotten those weird toned yellow coins like you describe. Even weirder, one of them was a 68. My guess for that color is always very worn/cheap gold plating