I found this quarter in circulation and can not find anything about the strange weight. All of my other quarters 1965-present are accurately weighed at 5.6-5.7 grams. But this quarter weighs 5.91 grams consistently. Please help me figure out why this quarter has an unusual weight.
There are weight tolerances of plus or minus for coins.. Your Quarter is really not that much heavier and is within tolerance.
What paddy said, and who's to say your scale is 100% accurate. Does it weigh other clads at 5.67? It's prob just a little thicker/heavier (thicker rolled planchet) without being over too much. Does it have any external crud on it? Rinse it in water and dry it off and weigh it again on a recalibrated scale. Meanwhile it's only 1/4 of a gram heavy.
I rinsed like you said, my scale is calibrated.. hence me saying all my other quarters are accurate within the tolerance. My scale goes to 0.0000. Still giving me a 5.9170
Could be a slightly thicker rolled planchet. Compare the thickness of the edge with some other quarters. There is a +/- tolerance number. And even if it's slightly above that, the premium would be for ones that are greatly heavy or light, not slightly over. They made a ton of these 65's they all aren't going to be spot on. OK I found it. The tolerance is: ± 0.227 g That puts the range at 5.443 5.67 5.897 Yours is 5.917 that is 2 hundredths of a gram heavy. It's nothing.
Let’s say the quarter weighed 6.01 grams. Would it be a more interesting piece? Just curious, I cannot find any other threads regarding this situation, especially for a transitional year.
Being a transitional year doesn't really matter if the metal is correct. It's just slightly heavy. That happens. It prob would be significant if it was a half gram over tolerance, 6.4g.
Understandable, although, I just weighed a random handful (100 or so) of quarters specifically 1965-69 and the heaviest one I weighed was 5.74 grams. And it was only one quarter out of 100. All others were either exact or less in weight..
@Andrew313 @Michael K probably has the correct explanation. However, the environmental damage reduces any minor additional value it would have had
YouTube it. There’s a 65 quarter that’s worth quite a bit. It has errors on it. It weighs more than a regular 65 quarter. I don’t collect coins but I recently had 3 1965 quarters. Out of curiousity I looked them up. Of course I’m not that lucky but you may have something. I found this. https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/1965-silver-quarter/
YouTube is a fountain of misinformation. If you don't know anything about coins you will believe anything you hear. Trust me when I say this!
Silver 1965 Quarters do exist. They are considered transitional errors but are extremely rare to find.
Not really. I find a coin needs to be at least .3 grams out side of the tolerance range before collectors begin to sit up and take notice. That would mean the quarter would have to weigh about 6.197 grams to start commanding a premium. You are a long way from that point.
