Quarter Confusion - Help appreciated.

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   Let me start by saying I am not an avid collector, but since I was a kid, it has been a habit to watch for silver coins, quarters and dimes in particular. I recently ran accross this 1999 New Jersey State Quarter with a P mint. Hopefully the picture quality is good enough for you to see that it does not seem to have the copper core. I have been unable to find any information online about this quarter being made in silver anywhere except for the proofs from San Francisco. There has been information about some experimental planchets, but they have mostly been gold in color like the Susan B Anthony Dollars. This does not appear to have any other color to it. I unfortunately do not have access to a scale that is accurate enough to weigh it to a tenth of a gram, and there is not a coin shop near me. Does anyone have any idea what I might be looking at, and would it be worth taking it somewhere to get looked at professionally and/or graded? Any idea of a possible value? Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.

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rljeckman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote rljeckman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Quarter Confusion - Help appreciated. Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 4:22pm
	Let me start by saying I am not an avid collector, but since I was a kid, it has been a habit to watch for silver coins, quarters and dimes in particular. I recently ran accross this 1999 New Jersey State Quarter with a P mint. Hopefully the picture quality is good enough for you to see that it does not seem to have the copper core. I have been unable to find any information online about this quarter being made in silver anywhere except for the proofs from San Francisco. There has been information about some experimental planchets, but they have mostly been gold in color like the Susan B Anthony Dollars. This does not appear to have any other color to it. I unfortunately do not have access to a scale that is accurate enough to weigh it to a tenth of a gram, and there is not a coin shop near me. Does anyone have any idea what I might be looking at, and would it be worth taking it somewhere to get looked at professionally and/or graded? Any idea of a possible value? Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.

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Grasslake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 02 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote Grasslake Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Apr 2011 at 7:53pm
	More than likely, this coin was plated by a nonmint organization to make it more collectable to the general public. I have seen plated coins with the exact same look that your coin seems to have. Of course, there is always a chance that this is an error or test piece, although it is highly unlikely.

Steven_1212 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Coin Groupie Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steven_1212 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jul 2011 at 3:35am
	Private companies have plated many of the US State quarters with gold and platinum. This in my opinion destroys any numismatic value of the coin. There have however been coins that have been struck on other metals than intended and on foreign planchets. You could always consult a coin dealer as to what you may have. JMHO

dorkkarl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Master at Coins Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Status: Offline Points: 208	Post Options Post Reply Quote dorkkarl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jul 2011 at 9:49am
	need weight & specific gravity test, if struck on silver, could be worth alot of $$$ K S
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