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I sort of understand why the 1982 and 1983 nickels, dimes, and quarters are higher in price from a dealer--no mint sets produced in those years. Why is the 1986 Washington quarter also significantly higher in price than other clads? As I have begun putting together a set of quarters from 1932 to 1998, I saw what I thought were price surprises, and am hoping someone here can answer my question. |
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most like it is a low mintage year?
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Hmmm, not sure. When I look at our US Coin Facts I see nothing really that would indicate it was a low mintage year. Someone else may know the answer. It could be as simple as supply vs. demand, and you are looking for one at the same time as a lot of other people and it's just coincidence. Either that or there are not that many that are graded very high in the main TPG's census. Someone here may have a better explanation though. |
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1986 mint set was the only way to get Kennedy 1/2 Dollars? I know you can pickup the 86 mint set for about $8.00-$12.00 dollars
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AMAC: Your thinking 87 on the Kennedy half. 86 halves were released for circulation but 87 halves were only available in mint sets. I don't know the answer, though to the original question about 86 quarters being more expensive. |
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Hi Rohumpy, and welcome to the forum! I don't know the answer either; I presume it is just harder to locate examples in high grade. Maybe nobody bothered to save BU rolls at the time of issue? I notice that the 1985-P is also priced pretty high according to Coin Market magazine from Numismatic News: $2.50 in MS-60 and $32 in MS-65. If I were looking to assemble a set I would first do a lot of roll searching. The hunt would be fun and it should be possible to find some presentable examples of these dates if you look through enough rolls. At least, I'd give it a shot before paying 10X or 100X face value on these modern quarters. Just my opinion!  |
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Thanks for all the replies. I think it remains a mystery. I have done business with a certain dealer for several years and he says that it is difficult for him to get uncirculated 82 and 83 quarters in any sort of quantity. Specifically he said in rolls. I have had enough dealings with him to believe that.
I am hesitant to pay the kind of prices for uncirculated clad quarters that all dealers want!
Jaobler, I will certainly give a lot of thought to doing what you suggest. Although, I am not sure where to get a roll of uncirculated 1968 Washingtons without going through a dealer. The 1968 was just a year picked at random. Since 1998 was the last year traditional designs were produced, I am not sure that any rolls are available at face value anywhere.
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There has actually been an inverse relationship between the number of coins set aside and the mintage in the modern era. There were a mere handfull of people saving coins but they'd tend to chase after the same coins like those with low mintages.
The 1986 is a special case. There was a lot of interest in the commemoratives and other coins. People had just gotten into the habit of saving rolls of coins again in 1982 but by 1986 the mint set had been back for the third year and they were back out of the habit. Private mint set sales collapsed each year and by 1986 they are quite rare. (I've seen only one)
Then came the real capper; The mint pared down their mailing list and many regular mint set buyers were accidently removed from the list. Many people just waited for the order form each year and when it didn't come they didn't even notice. Mint set sales were dismal and BU rolls were not set aside.
Fortunately high quality quarters are relatively common in the mint sets or these would be nearly impossible to find. The half dollars are a little tougher and even poor examples go for more than the 1987 halfs.
It's often overlooked that souvenir set sales exploded in 1987 and probably more than a 100,000 of each mint were sold. This wsn't true in '86 where mintage was closer to historic norm of around 10,000.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
Edited by cladking
12/15/2007 12:54 pm
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thank for the info cladKing I do have 1, 1986 mint set. I know you can buy one for less than $15.00
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Posted 12/14/2007 07:15 am
