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1976 Quarters

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 Posted 11/09/2006  5:41 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Larry to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Probably a question that has been asked a thousand times, but,

Are 1976 Bi-Centennial quarters worth more than face value? I have some that are almost BU.

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 Posted 11/09/2006  5:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Irishraider to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Larry and welcome to the forum. They are not above face value unless slabbed and in a very high grade. You're talking MS-66 and above and I wouldn't buy one claimed as such unless in a NGC, PCGS or ANACS certified slab.
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 Posted 11/09/2006  8:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buffaloboy5 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well I hate to differ Irish Raider but bi centenial 1976 quarters are about worth 50 cents in au and bu grade if you go to the rgiht dealers who specialize in quarters or just any plain dealer but for the most part they not worth much over face value
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 Posted 11/09/2006  11:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gary Burke to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Most are worth face value.

However, I must admit that every time I come across one I take it out of circulation.
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 Posted 11/09/2006  11:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cladking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There's also a very scarce Denver doubled die obverse that's worth a lot even in circulated grades.

There were probably more than twenty million of these set aside back in '75/ '76. many of these have since been spent but there are still large numbers sitting in rolls and bags. Gems aren't even very tough though choice gems and better are nearly as scarce as other dates of that era. The best examples can be found in either the '75 or '76 mint sets but are much more common in the '76 set.
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 Posted 11/09/2006  11:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bryan1315 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the thing about the 1976 quarters is everyone and their brother saved these things and they are just so plentiful in BU condition that the supply out does the demand and makes them only woth 25 cent even in BU condition, that is unless like irishraider said it is a very high grade of ms66 or above then the price can jump up but anything under a MS66 isn't worth slabbing because it would cost more to slab then you could ever sell it for. If anyone pays more than 25 cent for a BU 1976 Quarter they just dont know much about coins
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 Posted 11/10/2006  1:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snowman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I find these nearly every week in my change. I can't imagine that anyone would be willing to give much more than face unless the coin was high MS. The exception of course being the silver issues. I've never seen one in circulation though.
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 Posted 11/10/2006  5:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TSmith3510 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I was saving these back in the 70s when they were new. It was refreshing back then to see a new design circulating. I probably collected around 200 of them, then my mother gave me her hoard. I still have them. I know they're worth no more than face value and it would probably make sense to unload them, but I've hung onto them all these years anyway. I guess they're nostalgic.
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 Posted 11/10/2006  5:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cladking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These things don't have much value but they do wholesale at 35c each in circulated condition and you can get $16 per BU roll if you're patient.
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