Silver State Quarters

Just look at the rim of the coins. The silver will be silver colored and the clad will have a reddish color.

The silver State Quarters are only offered as S mint proofs. The difference will be most visible on the edge as mentioned before. If you buy them from the mint or still in their mint packaging it will be red:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wc...ory_rn=10211

Thanks,

Jim

Just got to watch out for those 1999's and 2001's, they go for a premium. The rest of the years sell for roughly issue price, about $20 per set compared to $70-100 for 2001 and $200-300 for the 1999 set... If you buy the red package set you should be safe, but you can always check the edge of the coin as above to be sure.

Cheers Sagan, yes guys certainly know your stuff, should have come to you first instead, of ploughing threw reems of stuff on the net and finding nothing!!

I assume that the 1999 & 2001 set are limited in number?

What about the 1999/2001 silver quarters, if there sold seperately, do they still fetch a premium?

I was toying with getting the slabbed sets, but I must admit I like to handle the coins as well as look at them, the slab sets don`t let you do this.


I also heard about persons, removing the silver coins from the slabs and replacing them with proofs, not sure how they`d achieve this, without breaking the slab?

Many thanks again for all you advice.

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I assume that the 1999 & 2001 set are limited in number?

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Only a little, there really is no reason the 1999's have gove up 1500%... The mintages are:
1999 - 804,565
2000 - 965,421
2001 - 889,697
2002 - 888,826
2003 - 1,146,050
2004 - 1,789,370
2005 - 1,665,600
2006 - 1,499,950
2007 - ?
2008 - ?

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What about the 1999/2001 silver quarters, if there sold seperately, do they still fetch a premium?

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Yup. For example the 1999 Quarters only Silver Proof set only sells for $20-40 less then then whole 9 coin Silver Proof set does.

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I also heard about persons, removing the silver coins from the slabs and replacing them with proofs, not sure how they`d achieve this, without breaking the slab?

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The mint sets are not sonically melted closed, you can just open then and look. Buy from a reputable dealer and you should fine, along with knoweledge (like checkng the edge for clading), which you have since you came and checked first!

Hi Guys,

Sorry to labour the point, but I need your advice again.

I went out & bought a `silver`quarter (granted off ebay), when it came it appears to have a slight redding between the teeth on the rim. Not to the extent that a normal 1972 quarter or dollar has, but just enough for it to be present, and certainly more than any of my bullion eagles, maples or britannia`s. Have I been sold a dud? Or is this common?

"I'm certainly far from the most knowledgable on this topic, but thinking optimistically, and without being able to see the coin or photographs, perhaps its toning from having been inside packaging for the past 8 years? That's assuming it's a '99 quarter.

Photos would be very handy in this case, of the edge and the faces, if at all possible."





Yes its difficult to describe and I haven`t got the technology to take a picture. I can only describe it as...being darker in some places thean others, and doesn`t seen to go from both sides of the rim. The teeth all appears silver, its the gums (for want of a better expression), that appear copper coloured, as I say faintly in some parts darker in others?

I am assuming that your silver State Quarter is raw and not in a proof set. Do you have access to a scale that is accurate to at least 0.1g? A 90% silver quarter will weigh 6.25g and a clad quarter will weigh 5.67g. Incidentally, the weight of a 40% silver bicentennial quarter is 5.75g.