Wrong planchet or counterfeit??

[Kantuckkeean]

Howdy Y'all,

I got this "quarter" as a machine reject. It is smaller diameter and thickness than a legit quarter, and it doesn't even weigh 5 grams. The material is wrong. I took it to a knowledgeable coin dealer and he said that I should send it to ANA since PCGS and NGC wouldn't deal with errors. What do you all think?

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

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[EccentricInTexas]

Counterfeit maybe? Scroll down on this site and read about this similar 1982 one. PROSPECTING for 90% SILVER!!! - Page 22

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Thanks. I posted this a while back (2010 maybe?) and never really got any responses. The coin shop owner seemed to think that it might have been struck on a foreign planchet. I took a genuine '92 quarter to him for comparison, and the details looked good. He weighed it, and I think that it was 4.1 grams, which isn't even close. I posted the pics of the edge, because if you look closely, they line up like a zipper, and the metal rim is somewhat folded over some of the reeds in a couple of areas.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Its certainly interesting, I'd keep it as an oddity.

 

[huntsman53]

IMHO, it is a Counterfeit but at the same time, I ask why anyone would counterfeit a 1992 Washington Quarter!!?? Surely such as coin would cost more to counterfeit than the actual face value of the coin! As far as the appearance of the Obverse and Reverse, it is one of the best Counterfeited coins outside of Morgan Dollars, Peace Dollars and Seated Liberty Halves that I have seen. However, the seam and reeding on the edge are a dead give away and especially so the reeding as the reeding doesn't line up. Therefore they made Dies of the Obverse and the Reverse, stamped thin pieces of metal with the Dies, then attempted to glue or solder the two pieces together but they failed to get the reeding lined up before the glue set or the solder hardened.

You might send the coin to Coneca, as they will exam the coin and if a true Counterfeit, they will take pictures of it, do a write up and disseminate the information to the Coin Collecting World.


Frank

 

[Plumbata]

I have a 1967 quarter that looks very similar, with that same "silver" colored wash on the surface and no evidence of the copper core that should be present. It does weigh roughly what it should though.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Very Strange, it seems like alot of work for a Quarter....But then again, I remember when i was a kid trying to " Make " quarters for the Video Game machines at the store.

I do remember gettign my ass tore up when my dad walked in and i was melting fishing sinkers and trying to make molds with Modling Clay...lol....the good ol days.....it was probally about 89-90 ish

 

[jrpoppapump]

I think it's counterfeit Fake Quarters Making Rounds - Hartford Courant

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Thanks Y'all,

I was hoping for a wrong planchet lead. I suspected counterfeit as well due to the reeding not lining up right. I'll hang onto it for a while. It is a good copy if that's what it is, and it doesn't seem like it would bend easily or "thunk" like the article in the Hartford Courant said, so it may be different than those. Maybe I'll put it on ebay as a "Possibly unique coin of unknown origin in poor condition" with a Buy it Now price of $1,000,000.00 USD.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[CoinHuntingDrew]

Why in the world would anyone want to counterfit a 90's quarter?

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Why in the world would anyone want to counterfit a 90's quarter?

Can't fix stupid?

 

[Mudflap]

The Hartford Courant said they were being passed at the Monkey Farm. If ya ever been in the place you would understand why someone would try to make their own quarters. Been there... Too many times... <grin>