Looking For Info On Some 1964-D Quarters I Have.

At every big coin show I've been to for the past several years,
there have been sellers offering Uncirculated 1964-D Dimes, Quarters
and Half-Dollars for spot value or barely above.

At Denver Coin Expo, 2010, there was a guy selling OBW rolls of BU '64-D
Halves for spot, straight out of an original Central Bank Of Denver box.
And he had another box he wanted to sell whole, for spot (don't know if he did).


In a top-tier TPG slab (and that's a "retail" price, good luck actually getting it).
Costs more than that to get in the slab and graded.
I have several MS-60/61 1964-D Quarters that I pulled from my pocket change
(back in the '80's/90's), worth $6.39 each in melt.
I can send five of them to ANACS, and for only $50 ($10 each, 1964-up,
five-coin minimum), they'll be worth $8 each.
So, I can spend $50 to make five '64-D Quarters (already worth a true $31.95) worth $40 "retail"...


Not a bad deal. Paying to slab them would be. Enjoy them as they are.

Mint State (uncirculated) coins are not "always" worth more than their melt value.
1964-dated US silver coins in particular, due to heavy hoarding at the time of their release.

Common-date pre-1933 US gold coins and world (gold/silver)
coins are also easily acquired for melt value in MS condition.