1965 quarter weighing 4.7 grams

I have a 1965 Washington quarter that only weighs 4.7 grams. It looks like it was stamped out of nickel. Any possibility it was?

 

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Gotta have pictures if you want any of the experts to respond.

 

only if it's diameter is smaller like a nickel and you don't see clad with a copper core.. 1965 was the first year for clad quarters.. Struck on a nickel it would be all nickel.

 

A nickel would weigh 5.0 grams and a quarter would weigh 5.67 grams so you might have something, but we still need pictures.

 

If a quarter was struck out of nickel it would weigh more than 5 grams. A nickel struck out of nickel weighs 5 grams.
The nickel is thick, but the quarter is larger in area. And almost as thick.
Since a nickel is 75% copper and 25% nickel and a quarter is 8.33% nickel (the clad layers are nickel silver, copper and nickel) and the rest is copper,
a quarter struck from a nickel would weigh about the same as a regular quarter. 5.67 grams.
Now if it is a quarter struck on a nickel planchet, it would weigh 5 grams.

 

Pics, we must have pics.

 

I will have pictures tonight sorry had trouble loading pictures

 

I mean you could have a quarter, struck on the wrong metal, which was also rolled too thinly. But that's really grasping at straws. Not having seen the picture,
acid is the usual suspect when regular coins are underweight.

 

I put in between 1963 and regular 1965

 

Weighs a little less than the other 1965 and less than the 1963 only 4.7 grams

 

We'll also need to see a photo of the edge of the coin.

 

Well the 1963 should weigh 6.25 grams.
And the 1965 should weigh 5.67 grams.
As for your coin, I don't see the weight on a scale or how thin it is.
I doubt it was minted from nickel, because the weight would be almost the same.
If it's thin, acid bath.

 

I have several nickles that are weighing in at 4.7 and some at 5.1. I've only found 3 that weigh in at 5. The nickles that are weighing in at 4.7 are 40's and 50's dates. I'm new at this coin stuff, is that weight significant? I have jars and jars of coins to rummage through. Is there a way I can sort by weight rather than individually looking at them through a loop?

 

There is a +/- tolerance level. Old coins that are worn are going to weigh a little less. The coin would have to be very light or very heavy for it to be considered as a possibility. There are thinly rolled and thickly rolled planchets, coins can be minted on the wrong stock. A lighter coin can be the result of damage. (Dropped in a jar of acid as an experiment.)
All things being equal and without photos, it's almost 100% that your coins are perfectly normal.

 

I have several quarters from 1965-1967. What I find interesting is that all the quarters have an average weight of 5.6. I’m assuming this is due to normal wear. But there’s one quarter in particular from 1965 that weighs 5.76. Can anyone tell me why?

I weighed them numerous times for consistent validity.

I posted some pictures of some of the quarters individually on the same coin scale.

 

They are supposed to weigh 5.67.
So if one is 9 hundredths of a gram heavy, it is well within the tolerance.
When they prepare the sheets the planchets are cut from, they cook and roll them to the desired thickness. They aren't always going to be the exact same thickness. If one is slighter thicker the coin will weigh a little more. It's not unusual.

 

Actually a coin with this amount of wear and weighing 5.76 could’ve weighed 5.83 give or take.

5.83 is not too close to 5.67.

That’s 0.16 difference. Given that the coins are unusually different, there has to be a better explanation. Thank you however.

 

No that is a perfect explanation. The tolerance range for a clad quarter is +/- .227 grams. so a quarter could weigh as much as 5.897 grams and still be within tolerance. So a 5.76 gram coin is easily believeable.

 

You can't assume this coin "could have weighed X" because of the wear.
It's already been shown unless they are completely smooth they don't lose that much weight from circulation. You've already been given the best explanations.
There is nothing special about this coin. It's a spender.

 

I respect your opinion, but you didn’t make the coin so you can’t possibly know the exact specs. There’s definitely something different about it. I have hundreds of quarters from 1965-1967 and none even come close to sound appearance and weight. To you it’s a spender, to me it’s an unusual coin. Thanks for your feedback!