American Silver Eagles Or Washington Quarters 1932-1964

I watch both on ebay, and you can get proof quarters fairly close to face value and silver proofs at spot if you buy by the roll. If you are mainly collecting one at a time to fill folders, ASE's are usually 2x spot for pre-2001 and +5 spot after. I haven't looked at single quarters. If you want single quarters, buying mint sets is cheap. Common years sell for $5 for a 5 coin set, and you can often get more expensive sets as part of a lot for cheap. 50$ for 5 or more sets that include silver coins is fairly common, and for the pre-1970 coins, uncirc sets are the cheapest (look for the ones packed in cellophane, not the side by side third party holders.)

Overall, if you are buying single coins, ASE would be easiest since they started only in the 80s, but making a set is expensive, especially w-mark editions. Quarters would be cheaper per coin, but you need to buy by the set or roll for the best prices.

As said, both are good choices. I finished a circulated set a bit ago... https://goccf.com/t/154359

And I am currently working on the high grade set... https://goccf.com/t/160222

As is being discussed in the second thread, the quarters from 40 back are all pricey in high grades, aside from the obviousness of the 32 D&S.

The ASE's. Wellllll, that can be a BIG set depending on how "complete" you want it to be. Just the "bullion coins, easy and not super expensive. Normal proof coins, more expensive. Add those two together plus the Unc collectors coins and the special sets and the 08 rev of 07 and you are getting expensive. And lets not forget the 95W rolling in at a starting retail of 2800.00.

I am assembling a BU ASE set myself. I like the idea of a Dansco filled with one of each year of these puppies. Plus, it's, you know, an ounce of silver and whatnot. And you're right about the Jefferson nickels in BU...those 39-S and 42-D non silver ones were a pain in the butt to find in BU and not pay a ripoff amount for them.

I think that you should do quarters because the key dates (1932-D and 1932-S) will most likely hold their value. I have looked at both sets and the Eagles are better but the quarters are cheaper. However you can't really go wrong with either set as someone mentioned earlier.

Choose the quarters.

Are there any hard modern quarters .... First I would have to ask

Would you be planning on doing just P/D or S proofs and silver proofs.

I am thinking the 1992 - 1998 silver proofs can have a good cost. The 1982 and 1983's can be hard to find in MS grades and can, and have a higher cost.

I agree none cost as much as some from the 30's, a few are higher for modern coins.

Yes the silver proofs will be expensive, you don't have to count 1936-42 proofs or the 1950-64 run in your set if it's not in the Dansco, but you do have 7 silver proof set quarters and 20 ATBs. If you manage to complete the entire business strike set in BU, the 36D is scarcer in BU than the 32S. Other semi-keys that are over $100 in BU are 34D, 35D, 36S, 37S, 38S, 39D. 40D. John Feigenbaum's reference book is a useful short guide to the series.