1982 And 83 Quarters

Some of those rolls might be worth a small fortune.

There are exceedingly few sources for clad quarters and many varieties simply escaped being saved at all. Now they don't exist in uncirculated condition and you might well have a few in some of these rolls. Things like unc '72-D type "b" reverse or 1977 type "d" reverse coins are going to be worth a great deal of money if anyone ever finds one.

The '72-D would need a space between the E and S in States and the '77-P (or D) would need a space between the right side of the N in Unum and the eag;le's head to be the rare varieties.

Keep in mind though that neither of these is truly rare. The mintage of the '72-D is estimated at 80,000 and the '77 at 150,000. But it appears neither of these exist in unc except a single '72-D. There are numerous other such coins like a '71-D DDR or a 1974 reverse of 1972.

People simply didn't pay attention to these coins since everyone thought they were junk and almost no one set even one coins aside. If it weren't for mint sets most dates would be scarce in unc.

while roll hunting I found a 1972 uncirculated quarter.I think the kid's father is very upset.

Some nice looking quarters ...

I agree ... The 82/83's are hard to find in high grade.
And the RedBook reflects it in the listed prices.

The RedBook lists the '82-P for only $15 in MS-65.

The reality is even a nicely made chBU (MS-63) will sell on ebay for $50. There may not be any true Gems but the hiughest graded coins that the services churn out go for $600.

I believe moderns are being done a severe disservice by being underpriced in the catalogs and being dramatically overgraded by the services. The catalog pricing is especially problematical. No beginner is going to want to pay $50 for a chBU on ebay when the RedBook says it's worth only $3.

Why are all the classics dramatically overpriced and the moderns are very underpriced? It must be working to suppress these markets.

Funny I didn't mention it when this thread was current but both the '82-D and '83-D in the original post are type "d" reverses. While none of the coins are gemmy the '82-D is really very nice and one to hang on to. I'd grade them all MS-60 or MS-61 except the '82-D is a solid MS-64 I believe and better pictures might make it look higher grade yet.

jeffatNJC, what are you using to take your pictures? They show the detail quite nicely. Excuse me for getting a little off topic.

YB

Great!I did not know about these two.

I collected a few hundred 1982 and 1983 and 1986