Washington Quarter Roll Hunters: Silver, Prfs & Other Finds

One of my favorite varieties to look for in quarters is the small bust 1985-P. There is a much greater distance between the E of LIBERTY and Washington than on the typical '85-P. This one is tough enough to be fun to watch for and easy enough to actually find some. About 1.5% of circulating '85-P's are sm bust. These are nearly impossible in unc.

I tried $250 of Quarters and found one silver 1958D .
Oh well, better than nothin'
Laura

wait this is the quarter thread...lol nevermind my last post^

As much as quarters have always circulated....I'm surprised ANY silver quarters can be found at all..

I've been hunting quarters for almost a year now. Perhaps my experience will be interesting to some?

After about 4,000 quarters I finisehd my non-state clad collection. That being the case I wouldn't say any were particularly hard to find. I found my first silver quarter in a roll (1960D) after about four boxes. At the 13,000 mark or so I completed my state collection (to date anyway).

In all I've searched 242,700 quarters. I started off slowly, but now I have two banks that save every roll the customers bring in for me and for some reasons they bring quarter rolls way more than the other denominations. They are fast to search so I always take them. In all I've found 39 silver Washingtons, 292 Canadians, and 86 other foreign coins (see below).

1937, 1939, 1944(2), 1947, 1950D, 1951, 1951D(2), 1951S, 1952D, 1954S, 1956, 1957(4), 1960D(2), 1961*, 1961D, 1962(5), 1964(9)*, 1964D(7)*

*includes one saved from a friend's cash register

I know that I'd have to live 100 years at today's find rate to get anything like a reasonably complete album, but finding a silver quarter in a roll is pure joy to me! I cherish all the ones in my album 10x more than any coin I've bought.

Good luck to all!

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(Here's a pic of my biggest score. I found these all in one roll.)

Brian
www.cheapgreenandhappy.blogspot.com

27 US 5¢, 9 Bermuda 25¢, 11 US 10¢, 9 U.K. 10 pence, 5 French Franc, 3 South Korean 100 Won, 2 slug, 2 US 1¢, 2 East Caribbean States 25¢, 1 Turks & Caicos Islands ¼ Crown, 3 Dominican Republic 25 Centavos, 1 NH Highway Token, 1 Indian 1 Rupee, 1 Philippine 1 Piso, 1 Arcade token, 2 Cayman Islands 25¢, 2 Bahamas 25¢, 1 Netherlands Antilles 1 Gulden, 1 Brazil 10 Centavos, 1 Canada 5¢

I am assuming silver is certainly not that common

Not from roll-hunting, but my wife got a 1999-S Clad Proof Delaware SHQ in change at a grocery store last year!

It was in pretty decent shape and I suspect it had not been "out" long.