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We had tossed aside a huge number of Washington quarters and earmarked them to sell at melt value. They have not been sorted or examined. I had pulled a handful for myself and my brother and thought I'd check out the PCGS tables just to see. Surprise surprise surprise. I checked my handful and found 8 1932-Ds. Now, when I set those aside for myself, I pulled a lot of my birthyear and friends' birthyears, plus a few older dates. They were haphazardly pulled from the piles; the entire assortment of silver Washingtons has not been sorted for dates (guess what I'll be doing soon...) When I started examining specific types of coins for grades and value, I began with Indian cents and became fairly comfortable in assigning grades. Now that I'm trying to do the same for all the other types of coins, it's becoming harder. Maybe because I'm trying to do it all so quickly. Anyway, I would appreciate your opinions on grade for these 4 1932-Ds. These were all taken from the cash register at my grandfather's drug store, probably from the 1930's-1970. #1:   #2:   #3:   #4:   Edited by ThisIsFun
12/10/2012 05:55 am
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I am curious: Where was the location of your grandfather's store? The region of the country might provide clues to the kinds of coins that were used in the area. This 1932-D Quarter was graded VG-8 by ANACS. All of yours are much better than VG-8.   |
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I say XF 45/AU-50 on #1, what a beauty!! The second is XF-40, the rest are VF-35. IMO... VERY NICE!! What an AWESOME find! *** Edited by Staff - Please Review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. ***Edited by HelzelsCoins
12/10/2012 08:56 am
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Wow, what a collection to be going through! You have one great collection of coins now!
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That really has to be exciting. I get excited finding a 40% silver Kennedy in a whole box and you found eight 1932-D quarters, wow!
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I pulled those quarters because it's my mom's birth year, lol. To think that we were *this close* to selling the whole batch of ~1000 quarters to the local dealer for less than melt... Holy guacamole, I have a ton of work to do. Fun work though! I'm making cheat sheet lists of important dates to look for in all denoms/types so that I can more efficiently sort. I'm about to order a USB microscope too, which seems to be a necessity to really examine those Mercury dimes. Other details I must attend to at once include deciding what type of containers/holders to put these it. There are a LOT of coins, so that's a factor. Probably ~8-10,000 and that's minus the Wheats, Steels, and a tub of War Nickels already sold. Currently I've been using Zippit bags (mini ziplock bags with a white area for writing; the type found on jewelry supply sites). I hope that's ok for now. I should probably have some type of sturdier container for the coins identified as more valuable. Guess I'll check out Wizard Coin Supply and others to see what I should get. Maybe those plastic flips? Keep in mind that most of these coins will be sold. Also trying to decide whether to have any slabbed. I'll make a short list of coins which may be worthwhile to slab. Obviously, we have pulled the reins on selling everything based on just melt value. The gold may be sold soon but we're (well, I'm) going to look at each and every other coin before deciding how to proceed. Mom wants to sell a lot of it but I think she's been (happily) surprised at the potential value, so she's OK with just selling some now and further studying the rest. Time for me to pull together a modest collection for myself and my brother, too :) |
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I'd venture EF-45 on #1 and EF-40 for the other three. They appear original and pleasing. Fake 1932-D coins are very common and are produced by adding the D mintmark to a 1932 Philadelphia coin. Considering the origin of these coins that possibility seems remote but it might still be worth sending all 1932-D and 1932-S quarters to ANACS for authentication. They would be easier to sell at fair market value if certified, IMO. BTW, at the EF-40 level and higher the 1934-D, 1935-D, 1936-D, and 1937-S all carry a significant premium. There is also a 1934 doubled-die obverse ( DDO) variety that is worth as much or more than the '32-d and '32-S in VF or higher grades. If I had your job to do I'd be saying "this is fun" too! Congrats! |
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Thanks for that info, Jaobler. I'm putting together 'pull lists' for each type of coin and I'll make sure those are on my Wash quarter list. Speaking of 1934-D, here's one that I previously grabbed for my personal assortment (obv pic a bit unfocused; hard to get full-field sharp focus with my DSLR + macro lens without a tripod)   |
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Nice '34-D! An original AU-50 or better.
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If you could set a quarter aside for me it would be much appreciated. I was born in 1932 in Denver :)
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Excellent coins and thanks for sharing  ... agreed that knowledge is the Key ... politely suggest that you hold off on selling any of these until you know what you have. The CCF family is on ready and standing by to support. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Posted 12/10/2012 08:50 am
