What is the deal with this quarter?

[CC-Hunter]

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?

 

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[SilverSearcher103]

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]

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?

sorcery that's what's goin on. looks like whoever did this black magic turned clad to silver.

 

[cudamark]

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]

Just check the weight and diameter that will tell the whole story.

 

[50cent]

Just check the weight and diameter that will tell the whole story.

hook, line & sinker.

 

[cudamark]

The diameter is different between the silver clad and regular clad??

 

[SilverSearcher103]

No, all quarters silver and clad have a diameter of 24.25 mm

 

[coinguy*matthew]

The diameter is different between the silver clad and regular clad??

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.

 

[CC-Hunter]

Thanks. Haven't done anything scientific yet, but the weight in my hand and the sound of it doesn't seem like silver.

 

[crhstreetwalker]

It looks silver plated.