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New Member
United States
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I found this bogus quarter in a ticket machine's change tray. It was so heavily damaged that I thought it was real but it rings flat, giving it away as fake. The edge of this "coin" is copper colored, but the coin clearly isn't copper. Not really sure who would go through this much trouble to fake a quarter.  
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9664 Posts |
Not a fake.
Ringing such a damaged coin is not a reliable indicator of anything.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4629 Posts |
It's just a damaged quarter - and possibly also a dug coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5995 Posts |
 Not fake
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
13259 Posts |
 to the CCF It's a genuine quarter that has been heavily damaged and corroded.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
16861 Posts |
Agree with all above--legit, badly damaged quarter (been around the block a few times). I've seen worse over many, many years of coin roll hunting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1761 Posts |
Looks like it may have been in a dump fire, or something like that.
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New Member
 United States
14 Posts |
While I see where you guys are coming from, as I thought that the coin was legitimate when I originally found it, I remain unconvinced. This hunk of metal sounds like a Magician's coin when dropped on a hard surface, which raises huge red flags for me, because I have plenty of badly mangled quarters which all still ring when dropped. If it is indeed genuine, perhaps it has been chemically altered through a process such as being dipped in acid? The copper on the edge seems to be eaten away at in one location. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1175 Posts |
Can you show us the edge?
And what does it weigh?
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New Member
United States
14 Posts |
I don't have a scale but here are the edge pictures.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9664 Posts |
A weight would be most helpful. Is there an aural equivalent for Pareidolia ? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
02/09/2025 12:57 pm
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Moderator
United States
64158 Posts |
to CCF. looks real enough for me, but I don't have it in hand to examine - a real test would be the weight of it. 
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Moderator
United States
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That one has seen better days.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
54905 Posts |
Looks real, just heavily damaged from PMD. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF Acid damage will affect the characteristics of the metal. Just an acid damaged coin with impact damage.
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Posted 02/09/2025 01:20 am
