Silver proof quarter in q. Roll

[R&C jensen]

Yesterday when I was coin roll hunting I found a silver mint mark d Wyoming state quarter in the quarter and I couldn't hardly believe my eyes when I saw it. Looks like its brand new. Please share any info that you have or questions you have about this quarter. Thanks R&C Jensen

 

[ArkieBassMan]

If it has a D mintmark, it cannot be silver. Sorry.

 

[sagittarius98]

Silver proofs have an "S" mintmark only. Yours is plated.

 

[R&C jensen]

We were thinking it came straight from the mint though.

 

[sagittarius98]

We were thinking it came straight from the mint though.

It could have, but it is clad, not silver. A chrome plated quarter will look shiny too.

 

[PhattyB]

Like the others said, if it's P or D, then it can't be silver. Only San Francisco mints silver.

It could be:
1) Plated (most likely)
2) Clad layer not showing (it happens)
3) Foreign planchet (rare, but possible! Weight it)

I've collected about a dozen of them from vending machines on my job. If it's really shiny, it's plated by a company that sells them in sets for novice collectors.

 

[GarouLady]

Check it with a magnet. If it sticks, its clad. If it doesn't, ya just got luck.

Sincerely, Garoulady

 

[crhstreetwalker]

If it sticks, its clad.

Clad doesn't stick to a magnet.

 

[twiasp]

doh

 

[mercury1]

Check it with a magnet. If it sticks, its clad. If it doesn't, ya just got luck.

Sincerely, Garoulady

She is in Canadian mode.

 

[Infowarrior]

I have found a handful of these quarters as well... real shiny silver rim, too good looking to be true... yeah it is lol

 

[RVA]

Clad doesn't stick to a magnet.

lol

 

[sagittarius98]

She is in Canadian mode.

Canada does not make clad, all of their coins are solid nickel or steel. Clad is a sandwich of two metals.