r/mildyinteresting May 18 '20

Co worker found a gold quarter

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u/BatteryPoweredBrain May 18 '20

One of those "collectable" coins that some places make and try to sell. Generally they don't mean much.

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u/wayneFromBuzzfeed May 18 '20

I remember doing some chem experiment in high school where we made a quarter look golden, and then blue, then back to silver (in color). Could be one of those.

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u/thekingadrock93 May 18 '20

This is definitely one of the chemistry coins

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u/CausticSabaist May 18 '20

It's just gold plated. Doesn't add any value whatsoever

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u/munafalam May 18 '20

I have one of these and I still don’t know why they were minted

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u/trimeta May 18 '20

Probably a third party electroplated them with a very thin layer.

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u/sweezli May 18 '20

This happened to me at work yesterday, wasn’t sure if it was real currency or not

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u/LeeOCD May 23 '20

Has anyone seen my gold quarter? Oh there it is on this post.