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Quarters from 1983 are still worth 25 cents.
A quarter never had 25 cents worth of copper in it. Quarters used to be made of roughly 25 cents worth of silver, but are now made of mostly copper due to cost reasons. The fact remains that a quarter is still worth 25 cents, and if you should so wish you could go and buy 25 cents worth of copper with it (a little more than two ounces of copper). Sorry I ment to say a quarter used to have 25 cents worth of silver in it now it has 2 cents worth of copper are you getting ripped off? I will reenter the question. Thanks.
The coin is 90% silver and 10% copper not pure silver, but a date is needed.
Sorry but there is no such coin. Before 1965 quarters were made of 90% silver and 10% copper. In 1965 to date they were made from about 92% copper and 8% nickel.
25 cents Please look at your pocket change or get a couple of rolls of quarters from a bank. You'll find dates from 1965 onward. They're all made of copper-nickel and are all worth the same as your 1987 quarter.
It is very very rare for a solid copper quarter worth maybe $800 +
It's still worth 25 cents.
Quarters from 1983 are still worth 25 cents.
25 cents.
It's worth a quarter because we trust the economy and believe it to be a quarter. Although the physical value is not worth a quarter, it's still worth a quarter. So no you're not getting ripped off.
A quarter never had 25 cents worth of copper in it. Quarters used to be made of roughly 25 cents worth of silver, but are now made of mostly copper due to cost reasons. The fact remains that a quarter is still worth 25 cents, and if you should so wish you could go and buy 25 cents worth of copper with it (a little more than two ounces of copper). Sorry I ment to say a quarter used to have 25 cents worth of silver in it now it has 2 cents worth of copper are you getting ripped off? I will reenter the question. Thanks.
The 2006 quarter is composed of a core of pure copper with outer layers of copper-nickel. If there was truly no copper then there would be no coin. If the usual copper line is missing from the edge of the quarter it is not because there is no copper in it but because as the blank quarter was stamped out of the sheet of metal, the outer layers containing the nickel were "smeared" over the edge of the blank quarter by the cutting die and concealing the customary copper band. Scraping the edge of the coin would reveal the copper.
They're each currently worth 2 cents for the copper.
This is called a 'Lamination' error and a statehood quarter with this error is worth $50.00.
25 cents.
It's a novelty item worth couple of cents for the gold plating plus whatever the underlying quarter is worth. If the quarter is copper-nickel, then it's only worth a quarter. If it's a special silver "prestige" quarter made in San Francisco it's at least worth maybe $3.50 for its metal content.
The quarter may be worth something depending on the ear it was minted. You can take the coin to a collector and have them appraise the quarter.