A quarter could appear to be copper in at least 3 different ways. One's valuable, the other 2 aren't.
If the coin is the same weight and thickness as a normal quarter, then it's either been exposed to something (heat, chemicals) to change its color, or plated as part of a high-school chemistry experiment. I can attest to the latter, having done the same thing when we were learning about the electromotive series. Both of these cases are considered to be altered coins so they have no numismatic value.
However, if the coin is thinner than a normal quarter and the images are weaker, you might have what's called a lamination error. That error happens when the outer cladding doesn't bond to the coin's copper core properly and falls off. Lamination errors can be worth $10 or so.
Unless the coin is obviously thinner than a normal quarter, you'd need to have it examined in person by someone experienced in coin errors.
A 1981 U.S. quarter is worth 25 cents. You should have no trouble finding this date and others back to 1965 in common circulation. All are made of copper-nickel clad metal, and none are worth anything special.
It's still worth 25 cents.
It's worth 25 cents.
All of the quarters struck for circulation from 1965 to date, have NO silver and are just quarters.
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.
25¢, like nearly every quarter minted since 1965.
They're each currently worth 2 cents for the copper.
1964 was the last year for silver quarters.
All of the quarters struck for circulation from 1965 to date are just quarters.
A 1965 U.S. quarter is worth 25 cents. With gold at a current price of $1,429 per ounce, 25 cents' worth is 0.000175 ounces. If that wasn't your question, rephrase and try again.
A 1965 U.S. quarter is worth 25 cents. With gold at a current price of $1,429 per ounce, 25 cents' worth is 0.000175 ounces. If that wasn't your question, rephrase and try again.
25 cents. 1965 was the first year of issue with the copper-nickel composition that current quarters have. In 1965 many, many, many quarters were minted and so it isn't a rare year. If you look hard enough, you can find many 1965 quarters in pocket change.