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I was wondering if I could get opinions on a quarter that is on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/MASS-MA-2000-P-COPPER-LOOK-STATE-QUARTER-MISSING-... It’s item number 290226478258 in case the _link_ does no work. It’s my wife’s auction, and as it says in the listing, she found it in some change and it looks like it does not have the cladding on it. The weight was 5.7 grams, which I think is a regular quarter.  So if the weight is right, what could have been done to this quarter to make it all copper like this? TIA, David

< This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message I was wondering if I could get opinions on a quarter that is on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/MASS-MA-2000-P-COPPER-LOOK-STATE-QUARTER-MISSING-... It’s item number 290226478258 in case the _link_ does no work. It’s my wife’s auction, and as it says in the listing, she found it in some change and it looks like it does not have the cladding on it. The weight was 5.7 grams, which I think is a regular quarter.  So if the weight is right, what could have been done to this quarter to make it all copper like this? TIA, David ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Judging by the irregularity of the surface coloring, it appears to be chemically treated.  Give it a little scratch, and you'll likely see the real coin color underneath.

I was wondering if I could get opinions on a quarter that is on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/MASS-MA-2000-P-COPPER-LOOK-STATE-QUARTER-MISSING-... It’s item number 290226478258 in case the _link_ does no work. It’s my wife’s auction, and as it says in the listing, she found it in some change and it looks like it does not have the cladding on it. The weight was 5.7 grams, which I think is a regular quarter.  So if the weight is right, what could have been done to this quarter to make it all copper like this? TIA, David ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Judging by the irregularity of the surface coloring, it appears to be chemically treated.  Give it a little scratch, and you'll likely see the real coin color underneath. ______________________________________ Thanks for the reply.  Actually there is a scratch on the tail side, and looks like shinny copper.  Am I right that the 5.7 grams is the correct weight for a regular quarter?  It just seems strange to me.

I was wondering if I could get opinions on a quarter that is on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/MASS-MA-2000-P-COPPER-LOOK-STATE-QUARTER-MISSING-... It’s item number 290226478258 in case the _link_ does no work. It’s my wife’s auction, and as it says in the listing, she found it in some change and it looks like it does not have the cladding on it. The weight was 5.7 grams, which I think is a regular quarter. So if the weight is right, what could have been done to this quarter to make it all copper like this? TIA, David ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Judging by the irregularity of the surface coloring, it appears to be chemically treated. Give it a little scratch, and you'll likely see the real coin color underneath. ______________________________________ Thanks for the reply.  Actually there is a scratch on the tail side, and looks like shinny copper.  Am I right that the 5.7 grams is the correct weight for a regular quarter?  It just seems strange to me. ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Red book lists it at 5.67, which is easily within tolerance. Again the staining looks like a surface coating, not a coin struck on a wrong planchet.

Judging by the irregularity of the surface coloring, it appears to be chemically treated.  Give it a little scratch, and you'll likely see the real coin color underneath. Don't scratch a coin to see if it's rare!!! How idiotic!