Condition G4 Coins - Worth Keeping Or Not

I have an 1890 ICCS graded G4 Vicky 50c....not gonna toss that one unless I can afford to upgrade it. I think some G4s have a place! Canadian Coin News Trends section start some of the denominations at G4.

Osiris, it all depends on what your collecting goals are, and only You can and should decide that! Asking someone else if you should get rid of your G-4's is like being at an ice cream parlour with 70 different flavours and asking the guy standing in line next to you, "what flavour should I choose"?
How you may eventually come to decide this are the following factors:
>where do you foresee your Collection 10 years from now?
>what type of expendable budget do you have for the Hobby?
>will you be happy with a G-4 grade, or will you feel you'll eventually need to upgrade?
>will you be proud to show off your Collection at the grade you have chosen? These are just a few of the variables to think about, then only will you know what flavour ice cream to order!


Glenn

I encourage you to at least consider the possibility of considering a set of circulated coins ... often referred to as 'low-ball'.

There are many collectors ... myself included ... who enjoy the hunt for honestly circulated examples as low as we can find them.

I do not have the knowledge to understand the potential challenge for Canadian quarters in the years you describe ... but for many of us the greater challenge is low-ball coins rather than MS.

David

Of late, I have had a newfound respect for good and under coins. I'm working on a collection of quarters G6 or less and it's kind of fun.

So called "low-ball" collecting is popular in the US, where collectors deliberately try to find the LOWEST grade circulated examples.

It doesn't seem to be relevant in Canada.

But, if a AG3 1921 50c ever showed up, I would expect the bidding to be spirited. :)

A coin is a coin no matter what grade, I'm with keep.

All are keepers, until you decide to upgrade later

glenzy1: The question was not what should I do. The question was whether or not the community generally places any value on such coins from a collector's standpoint.

kuh_85: I see the 1902-10 quarters have tabulated values, but if you check from 1911 onward, they generally are omitted with few exceptions.

I prefer the best examples I can afford, so these coins would generally be off my grid. It does appear that most people would value at least the low circulation, higher value coins in G4 condition as being worth more than melt value.