Is my 1966 no mint mark silver quarter with an error worth anything?

My husband came across a 1966 no mint mark silver quarter with an error on it a while back and we took it to a coin place and they wouldnt take it. Would someone be able to tell me if its worth anything?

 

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I am kind of torn between it being badly damaged or a cast counterfeit. If real it is worth a quarter, if counterfeit then worth nothing. Some of the others will be along with their opinions. Welcome to the forum.

 

Could be plated.. I see areas that peeled.
The texture is wrong for real silver.

 

Not 100% certain but I am leaning toward a very old coat of paint. Molly, I know it looks different from other quarters but you can be assured that isn’t a mint related issue.

 

worth 25 cents...not an error, spend it..

 

Coated I think - did they even make a silver in '66? I'm thinking'64 was the last year for 90%ers.

 

Yeah, either poorly plated or painted would account for the globs.

 

You are correct

 

When i brought it to the coin place the dude tested it and said it was real silver. Only reason why he didnt want it was because of the shape it is in.

 

Well, the coin guy doesn't sound very knowledgeable. If it was genuine silver he would have wanted it regardless of condition. If there is truly any silver involved, it is in whatever the coin was coated in. There is no way it left the mint like that.

 

Anyone think it could have been for a money clip or something. I've seen a Buffalo nickel that came out of a money clip setting that looked similar to this. It was coated to make the coin shiny.

 

It doesn't even come close to looking like it was struck on an authentic silver planchet. I think the Coin Dude was just being nice and didn't want to tell you it was plated.

If you really want to make sure, weight it on an accurate scale with a 0.01 gram precision.

 

I would guess + the weight of a Real heavy '66 - not sure what a silver '66 weight is..

 

Looking at the coin, all I can say is....WoW....that's some DEF DAM (definitely damaged) , but after reading the other opinions my suggestion would be to find a Gold and Silver buyer in your local area who has an XRF gun and have them shoot it for you. The gun will have a screen which will show a complete analysis of the metallic content of the coin, including any plating.
I buy a lot of coins on eBay and whenever I receive a coin that is the least bit suspect, that is what I do.
That has worked for me every time. The gun I use does not analyze just the surface of the coin. It shoots a beam which goes through the coin and gives the composition and amounts of each metal, in that "slice" of the coin.

 

Garbage

 

Thank you all for your input. I cant find my scale but we are going to take it to a different coin place to check it again.

 

Please let us know what you find out. And be sure and post any other "finds" you come up with.
Thanks.

 

Will do. Thanks

 

Good luck @Molly hughes

 

While there are a few rare and valuable 1965 quarters struck on silver,
there is only the rumor of a 1966 being struck on a silver planchet.
It's around 100% that your coin is just a quarter.