Anyone Else Hate 1965 Quarters?

Actually, I save ALL 1965 Washington quarters. I am betting on the fact that they will bring a premium in the future because they were the 1st year that clad Quarters were made.

Just think how many silver coins that 65 quarter had rubbed up against.

Great perspective and analysis, paralyse!

I don't really have an opinion on them, but of course I'd prefer if a '64 crossed my palm instead. For me, "hate" is a strong word in this case.

The most worn quarters are the '65's but on average the '66 is much more heavily worn. This is caused by several factors but chiefly because the '65 is saved by some people and because the '65 trickled into circulation until 1975! Initially the mint and FED used LIFO accounting and there was no need to rotate their stocks. It was this that stopped me from collecting clad in those early years. As soon as you'd get a nice BU of some old clad you'd go to the bank and they'd have BU rolls and bags of it. Then in 1972 they switched to FIFO accounting and the race was on. But there were still so many '65 quarters in storage that they lasted until the stock was entirely rotated in 1975.

Conversely the '66 almost all went straight into circulation. I never saw BU examples after 1968.

Also the '66 was even more poorly struck making the coins appear slightly worn even in BU bags. A few people saved the new clads but they quit by '66 for the main part.

Almost every '66 quarter is between G and VG+. The '65 can be found in lower grades but only about 80% of them are in this grade range and the rest are mostly in F but VF's, XF's, and even low end AU's are seen once in a while.

Nice eagle reverse clad quarters are getting extremely difficult to find. It seems when I do see a higher grade it will often be an unattractive coin or a cull. Nearly 40% of the pre-1979 quarters in circulation now are culls.

There are only about 4 of these older quarters per roll and only a little more than 2 that aren't culls. And then these that aren't culls tend to be low grade.

These old quarters are going the way of the buggy whip and still nobody seems to notice. Most people mistakingly believe they are common in BU so they see no reason to care.

I have counterstamped over 300 1971D halves. Gotta do something to make them interesting.

Probably not as much as 1964-D nickels.

Are there any published statistics showing that first year of issue coins actually appreciate more than other years of the same series just because they are the first year?