Assuming that you are referring to the 2005S California State quarter, it was produced in silver only in proof condition, in which condition it would sell for about $5.50.
It is, by the way, 90% silver, has 0.1808 troy ounces ASW ("Actual Silver Weight") and has a "melt value" (based on silver at $14.30 per troy ounce as of 11/29/07) of about $2.59.
This man left out that if the mint that it comes from marks the letter "S"standing for San Francisco, then it is not silver. I have the same coin that says "P" for Philadelphia making it void as to being Silver. The coins simply seems to be without copper. Check the letter. I'm taking it this weekend to several coin shops for another opinion. I've seen one all copper before which was worth a lot.
Quarters from 1983 are still worth 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.
Please see the Related Question below for a full discussion.
no there was never a copper quarter
Yes, it is extremely rare to find a copper quarter as U.S. quarters have been made of a copper-nickel alloy since 1965. Prior to that, quarters were made of 90% silver until 1964. If you have a quarter that appears to be copper, it may be the result of a mint error or some form of altered coin.