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New Member
United States
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As I put under the introduction page my dad has had a large amount of silver quarters stashed for about 40 years. I am sorting them and trying to determine just what is there. I still have a ways to go but thought I'd start with these. There are quite a pile of 1963 and 1964 quarters. They look new. Some have a duller finish while some are almost mirror-like. I am working on taking better pictures so I'm sorry if they're not as good as they could be.  I'm not sure if you can see the differences in the shinier coins in the pictures. They glare so much it's hard to get the light right on them.    '64 examples of shinier coins (left) to duller (right)  '63 & '64 examples of newer quarters I've still got a quart container of quarters from the '40's and a quart container from the '60's to sort into years then I'll start looking for mint marks. I do have about $35 in Standing Liberty quarters. One of the first couple of years, though the date is gone it does not have the stars below the tail. Only about a third of these have readable dates. I also have two Barber quarters. One is barely recognizable. The second is a bit better and I think with better equipment I'll be able to make out a faint year. There are 3 1932 but no mint mark on them. And I found a copy of the 2009 Red Book. |
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Moderator
 United States
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First off  to CCF,i am sure you will learn a lot here. Getting a 2009 Red Book is a good first step,next read about the grading scale and don't forget to look for errors and varieties. I also recommend looking for a coin shop near you and ask questions,but don't sell anything right away,check around for what the going price is for whatever you are thinking of selling or better yet buy yourself a coin folder and try to fill it and then I think you should keep it as long as possible just because it was your dads. John1 |
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Valued Member
United States
207 Posts |
Looks like that 1963 and 1964 might have a bit of toning  unless its just the lighting and the angle. Nice collection you have there and to the forum |
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New Member
 United States
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I think in this case it's the lighting but a few of them have a slight difference in color.
They weren't really my dad's in that he didn't collect them. My great uncle gave him, his sister and a nephew on the other side of the family what he said was $1000 in silver quarters to put aside for my great aunt if she should need them after he died. The other two spent them immediately or had them melted down,(this was sometime in the late '60's). My dad put his bucket of coins under the stairs and never even looked at them. My brothers and I have always known about them but never saw them. My dad is now 83 and I thought about the coins recently and asked him if I could take them and go through and sort them to see what was there. My great aunt is long gone and the coins are his now. He agreed to let me look through them. I'm not sure if there is really 4000 quarters or not because I'm still counting and sorting but this is only a fraction of what is there. I had two bank bags that were too heavy for me to lift to go through.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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welcome, and be careful, those shown may be uncirculated, and even tho common dates, there may be better ones in there.
Good luck.
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New Member
United States
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I wondered if those might be uncirculated. I wish that dad had asked more questions when he got them! They were all mixed together in a canvas bank bag and he stored them in empty paint cans.
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New Member
United States
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I'd done counting. $1001 in silver quarters. Ive got all of them broken down by years and about half by mint. Now I have to learn about grading. Is there a book that can teach me, a dvd? How do I go about learning this? With that many I figure that learning it myself is the only way to go. Any suggestions?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by wd1040
12/23/2008 10:33 pm
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Canada
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Hey, I just hope you'll give us a crack at them before you take them to a dealer, or worse yet, someone who just buys silver.
They won't really appreciate them like we will.
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New Member
United States
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I've already bought the Red Book. I just wasnt sure if it gave as much info as I need. For instance I have a Standing Liberty that I know is a 1916 or 1917 only because there are no stars below the tail. The date is completely gone. The RedBook says for G4 "Date and lettering legible" In this case I think that the all lettering is readable but the date is gone. So where does that leave this quarter? I have $25 in Standing Liberty quarters and probably half have no date. I've also got two Barber quarters. One barely has enough of an outline to tell that it is a Barber quarter. The other isn't worn quite as much and it looks like the last number for the date is a 9 and with a magnifying glass and enough light you could make out the rest of the date. And what is the difference between Gem Proof and Gem uncirculated? I've got like $30 or more of shiny new 1964's. There is some that are brilliant and some that are really shiny but not quite as much as the others. I will definately be glad to give you all first shot if I ever figure out what the heck I have! Right now I'm kind of overwhelmed with quarters! Luckily my dad is healthy and not desperate for money and I can take my time and not be forced to go for the quick dollar by melting them down. |
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Valued Member
United States
462 Posts |
They are worth more than their melt value, I believe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
if you can, post pictures of the front of any dateless Standing Liberty quarters with no stars below the eagles tail. there are obvious die markers that tell if it is a 1917 or 1916. the odds of you having a 1916 is low but there is a big difference between a $2 dateless 1917 and a $300 dateless 1916. something to sort out with Washington quarters are so-called type B reverses. you can search online for pictures of a "type b Washington quarter" the dates to look at are 1956-1964. some are worth only a slight premium, but others are worth a good premium, especially if uncirculated or close to it. there is also a type c, but this is hard to notice unless you're used to looking at them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
oh yeah DO NOT SELL THEM TO SCRAP/SPOT PRICE BUYERS!!
Your coins are much more too too too valuable than that.
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New Member
United States
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I found the thread on the type B and type C. I have over $300 in 1964's though I haven't separated them by mint yet and also $25 in 1957's that need to be sorted. With the pictures on the other post it will give me something to watch for! They've been locked away in a paint bucket since about 1966 so maybe I'll hit it lucky! I am still working on getting clear pictures close up but will work ont he Standing Liberty quarters when I can. |
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
I can't match the previous posts amount of silver. Last time I counted there were 61 silver 25¢ pieces. I've added a few since the picture was taken. Low date 1925 - high date 1964. All common dates and all circulated condition. Every coin was found in change, but it took about twenty years of searching. Image:  SILVER25¢.jpg40.19 KB |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very Nice Collection! Learn as much as you can about them and enjoy them, I'm sure your father did. |
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Posted 12/19/2008 12:58 am
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