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I'm not sure what you mean by "copper quarter". All quarters struck for circulation since 1965 are made of the same "sandwich" consisting of nickel and copper outer cladding over a solid copper core. That's why they have a silvery outside and a reddish copper edge.

If your quarter appears to be solid copper, I can think of 3 possibilities:

1. If it's about 1/3 the thickness of a normal quarter, the outer cladding may have come apart leaving the inner core by itself. This is called a lamination error and is a major find possibly worth a few hundred dollars.

2. If it's the same weight and thickness as a normal quarter, someone simply plated it with copper. That's a standard school chemistry experiment involving copper sulfate and batteries. In this case it's a damaged coin worth face value only.

3. It's an "off-metal strike" that occurred when a blank intended for a foreign coin accidentally got mixed in with normal quarter blanks and was struck with the U.S. design. That's unlikely, but if it can be authenticated it would be worth quite a bit.

If your coin fits the first category, I'd have it inspected by a couple of dealers to get an idea of its price. However, my money is riding on #2, I'm sorry to say. If in uncirculated condition, about 50-60 USD.

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