Black Quarter

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Has anyone seen one of the new state quarters that is black in color?<br />I have one from the great state of Tennessee and this is it below.<br />

<br />Just wondering if anyone else has seen one.

 

[mikeandronda]

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could it be tarnish or is it the way they are made?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Mike I tried scraping it off some on the backside and it did not come off so I don't know.

 

[neumanns]

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I'll go twelve and a half cents on that defective quarter! Actually I'll guess it was not manufactured that way. But who knows stranger things have happened.

 

[wikelam]

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have not seen one yet. might be worth some thing soon????

 

[marty_scher]

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Is it shiny where you scratched through, or is it solid black?<br /><br />If is is shiny, it may have been anodized.<br /><br />Marty

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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No marty, it's not shiny at all.<br />That's what I can't figure out.

 

[SoulWinner]

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Sometimes when I am metal detecting I fine clad coins that ground mineralization has turned black. Also I have seen quarters exposed to high heat turn black.

 

[BrianFD]

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Hmmm... Went to the US Treasury web and couldn't find anything about black quarters. Might be a fluke, Spinner, and worth something more. Have you checked with a coin dealer?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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SoulWinner, did not find it in dirt and it's a 2002 year quarter, but don't know about the high heat though.<br /><br />BFD, I have not checked with any as of yet.<br />Just came into it today.

 

[JGREGORY]

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Counterfeit. Just mail it to Stewartsville, NJ

 

[ob]

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Have you tried cleaning this quarter with some silver polish or Brasso?I'm thinking someone just acid dipped it.Maybe it is worth more than 25 cents.Never hurts to dream.

 

[OBJ]

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Bubba.....my little friends said they will give you $5oo,999,673,877,999,254.05 for the quarter.<br /><br />Seriously (really) clad coins will turn real quick if exposed to the wrong elements. like, dirt and stuff like that. But who knows. Maybe it's a fluke. Strange things happen at the mints.

 

[plywoody]

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exposure to mercury will turn a coin black real quick, right after it goes really shiny silver for a while.

 

[ob]

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So will peanut butter.Hey, that ain't George Washington Carver on that quarter is it?

 

[Jwill]

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Someone just through it on top of a wood burning stove.<br />I used to do it all the time and they turn out like your pic.

 

[oldblumerc]

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i dropped one in some etching liquid once when i was reblueing my shot gun and it came out like that

 

[BLU LUNCH]

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The quarter do not not look like it's fully struck. Is the weight the same? Do not clean it. Take to a honest coin dealer and have it looked at. I have seen some strange errors. I own a nickel struck on a penny plachet.If you want i'll post it there tomorrow so you may see. I really think it's a error because the way it's struck . Is the back the same with the weak strike?

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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Yes BLU LUNCH, it looks just like the front.<br />Will round me up a coin collector this week if I get the time.<br /><br />Pretty busy getting ready for get together.

 

[Hooty]

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This one's pretty rare.<br /><br />

<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty