Kennedys, Ikes, State, Modern, Worth?

King,Asian, Carl, I see all your points, they make sense. Mintage and Rarity are key with the Moderns I would think, if it is Modern and Rare,it would be Rare in the future. As far as the Modern Quarters, Halfs, Dollars go, ..Present day coins I am talking about here.. I have to agree with Conder. The buy price from dealers on this stuff must be very low as they are paying face for the coins in some cases. I don't know, the whole think just reminds me of Hawks circling above they prey.

Tony

I would not buy those overpriced Ikes or Kenndey half dollar coins or whatever.
Its an rip off on those big time I think. Reasons I think those are.
1. I needed an 1977 ike for book. Dealer wanted 40 bucks for ike that was Ms 63 or 65 in an 2x2 thing. It looked like an coin cut from mint set. For less than 10 bucks I can buy intire 1977 mint set with all other coins in there to complete set. Intire set with all bu and proof with 32 coins totol cost 200 to 300 retail, wholesale set is 135 bucks with 32 coins.
2. Halfs 1971 up. I had over 1000 dollars face. I called an dealer and said he dont want them and told me to sell to bank. Same on SBA dollar coins. I had lots mint state coins in those boxes. Most dealers buy them around face on ikes, halfs, SBA dollars. Some dont even say on on buy prices on them.

The onley coins I see I think are worth the money are 1982 and 1983 bu rolls of coins aslong with those Mint souvenir sets from denver and philadephia sets. Reason they never made mint sets those year aslong 1971 and 1972 ikes, 1979 s SBA dollar, not sold in mint sets those years.

The onley way and cheap way to build intire set of coins to fill all books with brand new coins. Buy each mint set from 1965 thru 2007 and the dancso books for each coin like penny thru dollar. Add the intire 1965 thru 2007 proof set. Take each set part and install them in books. The other stuff like 46 thru 64 dime set. Buy an built set already to finish that set.

In the end you will get one set each of coins ever made on those modern coins that way. I learned it not worth trying to build or buy one set at time like pennys, dimes, nickels, halfs, ikes, SBA, sacs. Like I said you will spend more money buying each coin or set aslong the way. So if was you I would be buying proof sets and mint sets , 1982 and 1983 bu rolls of coins. 65, 66, 67 coins not installed in those sms mint sets.

Its the truth those dealers riping peaple off big time on those modern coins. Thats where they buy those coins or build sets. They buy intire run of mint sets or proof sets to build all those sets. They even pay to have all some sent to slabing companys to get those high grade coins from mint sets , proof sets you see them sell all those overpriced prices. One last thing its the dealers writing the price guides out there.

Chevrolet454ss

People collect all kinds of "worthless" items simply because it makes them happy. In the long run any coin old or new is worth what someone is willing to pay to get it. The good thing about collecting modern coins is that you can always spend them if you want or need to.

cladking: Hi. I recently bought the 1982 and 1983 dimes and quarters. I paid $47.00 for the 1983P quarter. I was very hesitant, but did not want to see a price of 100 dollars this time next year. I was interested in your figure of 100,000 83P quarters (in unc condition ). How close to the mark do you think this number is?

I am currently, among other projects putting together a set of MS 63 clad quarters. When viewed together, they are quite attractive--who woulda thunk?

I think the Kennedy series has a lot of potential as the mintages are quite low.

"Whenever I hear talk about moderns it nearly always comes down to the shear number of coins that were made. This alone I think has kept a fair number of collectors at bay for quite a while. The only thing that matches the shear volume of coins minted in recent decades was the shear lack of interest. I count myself among those who for many years snickered at the idea of picking up the moderns to finish out sets. As an example, I considered the Washington series to be complete when I had all regular issues from 1932 to 1964. More often than not there was just always something older to be bought and my thoughts were that there were so many of these newer coins that I could get them anytime I wanted. Now I find myself really wondering what that serious lack of interest amongst a great number of collectors has done to the numbers of these coins. Every time I look through the change jar I see coins from the 70's and 80's all worn down and beat to heck and wishing I would have put some away when they were new. Fortunately the mint sets, while somewhat lacking in real quality, are still easily (and cheaply) found and a fill the hole collector like myself still can finish out a half way decent set. I see the prices on the higher end moderns continuing to rise, and perhaps even some of the common and cheap mint sets as they have been, and still are being dismantled at a good pace.

CannonMan17; If it's any consolation none of the regular issues will be scarce or rare in unc. If the demand ever develops it will be seen that the surviving numbers are not substantial. One area that could see explosive growth is in the varieties. Since coins weren't set aside or collected these escaped detection unrtil recent years and finding unc examples will prove impossible for some and difficult for most. Even VF will be highly elusive for some of the tougher varieties. There are some major scarcities as well with only one or two known in any condition.

The mint sets will be a savior if pmany people want these coins but as you know they don't contain all of them and very few of the varieties. Quality can be very spotty. '68-P quarters are usually dark in the set even though they're otherwise quite gemmy. A lot of the late '80's and early '90's quarters are very elusive without extensive marking.

The reverse dies were reworked in '77 and from this date until 1984 some of these reworked dies were used to strike coins. Each year the differences grew until there's a dramatic difference on the 1984.

Look at the right side of the N in UNUM. It is much farther from the eagle's head on the scarcer variety. There are numerous other differences as well such as much lower relief.