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Greetings from the Heber Valley! I've had a few posts since finding my uncle's "Piano-shaped" bank and have felt very welcome and received very helpful advice... Thanks! I just got back to work from a food run to Arby's ans decided for the first time to look at my change... Was I rally given something worth more then FV?... Help! 1983 P Washington quarter? (Sorry, here at work I could only find a cheap magnifier and I'm using my iPhone...)  |
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What are you seeing that is in question? John1  |
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I'm not seeing anything, it's not an error coin... Follow the link I posted above and you'll see this quote... "This month's coin is the 1983-P Washington quarter, already a treasure to those who understand its current scarcity. The 1983-P Quarter is particularly scarce because no mint Sets were released in 1983. To find high-grade coins, collectors must sort through rolls, bags or Souvenir Sets. Souvenir Sets are available for purchase only to visitors of the Denver and Philadelphia Mints. Because of the way they are distributed, many fewer sets are available to collectors than traditional Mint Sets. Other sources of 1983-P Quarters, such as original rolls and mint bags, seem to not have been saved by collectors at the time. As a result, most of the original mintage was likely released into general circulation." |
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That's saying that uncirculated ones are a bit more scarce than normal, but yours it definitely circulated. Uncirculated ones are worth maybe $5-10 or so, but circulated are as common as any other quarter.
Easiest thing to do is just to look at a table of coin values. They aren't always accurate, but they show you which coins are more valuable than others.
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 to the Community! I moved your welcome post to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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So I guess I should clarify... I don't believe I have a once in a lifetime find... I'm just trying to verify if it is worth the $20.00 in poor condition as it claims here on cointrackers... http://cointrackers.com/coins/899/1...ton-quarter/ Thanks for all your replies and kindness! Happy hunting all! |
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Thanks for the move jbuck! ;)
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If you need to look at coin values, buy a Red Book. Cointrackers.com is not a legitimate website. Their values are extremely exaggerated and the whole website is full of factual errors and typos. Happy hunting! |
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Got it! Just ordered the book Wheatchaser140! Thanks! Are there good websites out there that you could put a little faith into?...
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Try bestcoin.com. Most modern coins are only worth face value unless uncirculated, and even then, only after about a decade or if they are exceptional specimens. Getting uncirculated coins from a bank is not as easy as it sounds. They typically only have circulated ones. The mint sells them, but there is a markup.
Another option is to look for ESTABLISHED errors like the extra leaf Wisconsin quarters. Don't get wrapped up with invented errors like the extra claw Alaska quarter or extra branch Arizona quarter. If it's easy to find, it's not rare.
The more time you spend with it, the more you'll learn. If it's only pocket change, you have nothing to lose.
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I like and use numismedia.com for online pricing, and yes these 1983 quarters, even circulated will be worth a bit more than face, I see them sell in this condition on ebay for $2+ not bad for a pocket change piece! I should have put away a few rolls of them when I had the chance, I actually tried, but couldn't find any in 1983, and I lived in Denver near a US Mint! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Posted 07/08/2014 01:40 am
