Found 1965 Washington Quarter

This coin is what I call "nice F".

It has less total wear than a fine silver quarter but it's technically only an AG since the right side of the "N" in "UNITED" is worn into the rim.

It's not terribly attractive but the "nice" in this case is because it's well struck.

I've been interested in ALL coins in circulation since 1957. Clads are even more interesting to me since most have circulated freely for many many years. The old coins were always being scanned for good dates by collectors.

To me every coin has a story to tell and I try to deduce that story from its condition. This coin appears to have gotten much of its wear in the last thirty years or so and to have been "lost" in the woodwork for some period before that. I'd guess it was still in quite high grade when it took a long vacation in the in the late-70's and became "toned". Perhaps it sat under a machine in a laundromat for 10 or 15 years.

It's an interesting coin but, of course, it would even be considered "junk" in 20 years because nicer examples will still be available in circulation with effort.

In order for a '65 quarter to stand out today it either has to one one of several varieties or it has to be a nice VF+ or better. XF's are still round but AU's appear to have finally disappeared for this date. This is the latest of all the pre-'76 quarters to disappear in AU.

Yes. I certainly agree it's spender and probably always will be.

Well, he's back out in the wild. Probably for some young collector to find.

I like to check the weight on '65 quarters (and dimes) in the hopes of finding one on a silver planchet!