Expert: PAPAJACK - 7/19/2007

Question
i have a gold plated 1999 Connecticut quarter it is 24k.I would like to know the value.

Answer
Hello Tommy,                      

These gold plated coins have no added value.
Since this is a modified coin, the value is questionable. It will still be worth a Quarter of course.
The amount of collect ability for any altered or plated coin is negotiable only to a buy looking for it. Most coin collectors are purists and will pay more than face value for the common copper-nickel version with no wear or scratches. I have seen non-numismatists buy them and other people pick them up for the novelty of them.  

Recently I have seen Gold Plated 1999 S.B.A.’s  at a coin show packaged with a Sacagawea Gold Colored Dollar coin. No true Coin collectors were buying them though.

These colored, Hallmarked, restamped or plated (like yours) coins are a gimmick. And therefore have no added value.

For COINS IN GENERAL: As long as it was treated after it left the minting process, even if it is gold plated, enameled, painted or two-tone the value and collectability is very limited. A collector of numismatic material wants the coins EXACTLY as issued.
If the US Mint does a make a coin issue to commemorate an historical event or similar Design (State Quarters) engineered into the coin during the production then it will have a higher collectable value.

I am not saying not to collect these items. Enjoy them for what they are. But time has proven they will not usually sell for the price people pay for them on the secondary market. As with any Collectable it may become popular with Non-Coin-Collectors one day and sell for more.

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Good Luck

PapaJack