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1983-P Quarter

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does anyone have any pics of what exactly I am looking for on the 1983P and the 1986 quarter? And why are they so special?
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This is about the 1983 quarters. I couldnt say it any better so I just copied it from answers.com

It's worth more than other quarters of that period, but it's still not a hugely valuable coins. About 1.3 billion were struck so they're certainly not rare.

Interest in them stems from the fact that among that number, a lot of them were poorly-struck so nice-looking specimens are somewhat less common. The Mint was having a lot of trouble with dies whose characteristics were better suited to the older, softer silver-copper alloy used up to 1964. The harder cupronickel metal in modern coins was causing dies to deform so that images sometimes appeared to slide off the edge of the coin blank. If you look at some 1982 quarters you'll see that the date and the word LIBERTY may actually be merged into the coin's rim.

The Mint's first attempts to fix the problem involved reducing the amount of relief in the designs; i.e. the images weren't so high off the flat background. Problem was, the lowered relief was SO low that many coins came out weakly struck and were at least as ugly as their deformed predecessors. It took until the mid to late 80's for them to get everything adjusted correctly.

The 1986 is special cause its my birth year and everything from that year is just awesome.
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21 dollars for a MS63 1983P! That is a lot of Nickels!
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1982 and 1983 didn't have any mint sets sold... Those years are considered "condition rarities". Meaning they are only rare in high grades. A 1983 quarter found in circulation is worth 25 cents. If it is in great condition then probably more. Not many were saved by the public I guess.
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