2001 gold north carolina quarter????

Question

The other day at the store my wife was given a 2001 gold North Carolina quarter. I was just wondering if any one knows anything about them. It looks exactly like a regular quarter just it's gold like a sacagwea (sp) dollar. Is it legal tender????

Answer 1

Wow. I got a 2001 North Carolina Statehood Quarter that appears to be gold, like the Sacagwea dollars. I collect all the statehood coins so I had a near-perfect example to compare mine with. E. Pluribus Unum, In god we trust, P (the mint mark), Liberty, all of it matched. Even the images, good old George on one side, the Wright Brothers and their first successfully flying airplane on the other side. "First Flight." It matches perfectly. Whether it's made of real gold or not is a good question, but either way it definitely stands out. When I first saw it, I thought it was an Sacagwea dollar. Then when I realized it was real, I traded it out of my register and kept it. It is definitely a rare find.

And yes, I'd say it's legal tender. I traded one of my own quarters out of my register for it, and the man who was buying his coffee didn't mind spending it at all. But then again, he might already have an impressive stamp collection that would put my coin collection to shame. Then again again, he was old, and I guess he felt it was too late to start a coin collection to go with his stamp one, if he had one that is.

Anyway, I accepted it as legal tender... not that I'm about to spend it anytime soon. MUA-hahahahahaha! It's mine! ALL MINE!!!

It might not even be made of real gold, but it's MINE! :D

Just fwi, you are not alone. I have one too.

Answer 2

Remember the tiny "silver dollar" issued by the Mint in the 1980's.   They save money by issuing dollars that don't wear out like dollar bills do.  But the silver dollar was exactly the same size as a quarter. Cashiers had no place to put them in the money tray.  A big mess.

Then there was talk that making the coin a different color would make it popular.  That didnt work.  People who felt in their pocket couldn't tell the difference.  Blind people had trouble with it.

I think that your N.C. quarter might be a decorative coin.  But it's illegal to put "25 Cents" on anything that looks like a coin unless it's worth that much.  So maybe she has a real quarter.  But why doesn't the rest of the world know about this coin.

Your wife will be famous if she is arrested by the US Secret Service for passing fake coins and when we see her on tv we will think about your Answers question.

Answer 3

oh god, i don't recall what outfit does it, but some "mint" has gold plated the state quarters and sold them as commemorative quarters for some big bucks.  the gold is at best just a VERY thin layer.  i would believe that it is only worth a quarter, and if it was to be presented as any thing else, fraud is involved.  some kid probably got into daddy's esoteric collection and bought some candy.  this often happens when you find an old (real silver) coin in your loose change. if i find out the mint that does this, i'll try to post the name.