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New Member
United States
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Hello,
I am new to coin collecting. I have been saving my change for about 8 years and I'm getting ready to go through my quarters. Other than the typical quarter for each year from each mint, are there any other heads up on quarters I should watch for or should be holding on to?
Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not really. The vast majority of quarters in circulation are worth no more than face value and never will be in the foreseeable future. A few exceptions to this rule: -Early clad quarters up to about 1985 are very hard to find in uncirculated grades and are the most likely to increase in value. - Google the Wisconsin "extra leaf" quarters--they go up to $80 and there are probably a lot still out there. - The territory (2009) and early ATB (2010-2012) quarters are fairly scarce in circulation. That does not translate to "valuable" just yet, but they will be hard holes to fill. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Jpotts2nd,  to CCF Do you have the Red Book? This would be a start to learn about coins. You can also type in questions to CCF in the left side of the page under. "Search Coin Community." Edited by bpoc1
09/21/2015 5:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1964 and below are silver, not jsut for filling holes, but they make a nice sound. Homestead ATB apparently has over 60 varieties. I almsot went blind look them to see if I had any that matched and found 8 of about 50 that seemed to match a variety or another. I won't make that mistake again and varieties can go into a spending roll until they become work 100 times face! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome! Quarters with a date of 1964 or earlier are silver. There are a few clad issues that are, in high grades, valuable. As stated above, the Red Book is very helpful. Have fun! Edited by ArrowsAndRays
09/21/2015 6:34 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are a lot of clad varieties.
Save the nicest one you can find of each date/ mm. Save any that look different like the type b reverse early Denver issues. Try to scan CONECO and related sites. Checking every coin in exquisite detail might not be worth your time but checking major dates is.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and enjoy going through your collection! I am not a variety collector and just collect one of each coin for my different albums but I just wanted to say hello to a new member!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2270 Posts |
I would keep any nice VF and better '69 and '71 issues. Save them only if they are nice attractive and well made coins. Most of the early issues are getting pretty tough in XF. Also save AU '82 and '83 issues.
Save all Gems and most Uncs of the eagle reverse. The states coins can mostly be found in Unc with effort. 2005 to 2010 coins should all be saved in nice chBU.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cladking the o5-10 ChBU is that because of the mint set satin finishes?
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Valued Member
United States
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Welcome! Good luck searching!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cladking the o5-10 ChBU is that because of the mint set satin finishes? Yes, exactly. Since the mint set coins tend to be the best made coins and these have distinct surfaces for these years, chBU specimens might be more difficult to obtain. I especially like the WY and AZ but we'll see. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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