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Can anyone tell me how to find the value of a coin that was....

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Law-migration

Law-migration

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messed up in the mint?

 

I have a 1998 Quarter that is Gold on the front (heads) except for G.W.'s Hair and forehead (they are normal Nickle in color). i am not a coin collector or anything i just thought it was pretty cool to find a coin like this and was wondering if it had any value.

 

The gold is the same as the gold dollars they released (not even going to try and spell the indian name) ...it is not a tarnish or discolor.

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Hoot

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Law - The best way to find out how much it's worth is to contact an error specialist such as Fred Weinberg and see if he'd be interested inn evaluating the coin. Alternatively, you could send it to NGC via an authorized dealer and have it evaluated and/or graded as an error coin. If the coin is attributed and graded, you could then place the coin in auction. I might try the former route first, as Fred and his staff would likely be interested in a legitimate error and could give you the best advice.

 

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Bruceswar

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No not at all.. this is a very legit question... just hope for your sake that this is not one of those gold plated coins.... hard to tell without seeing it in person.. good luck with it.

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It looks to me like it's been plated, as I am not sure what type of error it could be. It seems like it would be thicker if struck on a Sac planchet, of course it could be struck on a 1/4 oz. gold eagle planchet too! 893whatthe.gif I agree with what others have said, and would try to get it attributed as a legit error, but just don't get your hopes up too high in case it's a post-mint alteration.

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Law-migration

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Thnx for everyones Input on this.

 

I don't realy have my hopes up..after reading at a site one of the above mentioned it probably is a plated one..the only thing that makes me wonder at this point is on that site they say it probably is a novelty unless it has a copper/nikle side..mine has copper sides...well half gold and half copper and the back is completly nickle...so i was wondering if it was a plate job it would seem as the whole coin was plated ....i would think plating one half of a coin would be harder then plating the whole thing...but there again i don't know squat about plating so i could and probably am wrong ...lol

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If it's plated someone went to a lot of trouble to do it. Maybe set in solution that was deep enough to cover one side then brushed George's hair with the antidote? Contacting Fred Weinberg was good advice. He or one of his associates has probably seen something similar. Interesting coin you have there.

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spy88

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Law, I have several quarters as you describe but both obv and rev are "golden". Could only find this one from all the bags of loose quarters I have, but will suffice to show the same as yours.

 

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I just hang on to them as I find them, call them goldies. This bicentennial has the color wearing off from certain high relief points, but the color is deeply imbedded as the reeded edge is all but gone with the gold color still prominent. Check the reeded edge on yours. Is there a distinct gold line around the reeding where there is/is not gold? Does it cover the entire edge?

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