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May I inquire just why you want an opinion on a grade for a visibly used and circulated coin? It has no real characteristics of being anything special so my only assumption is you just want to learn. If learning is the answer there are places to pix compare like PCGS's photograde, Red Book will sometimes list the details needed to achieve certain grades in the context of a specific coin series. One place I found extremely helpful wasa Chuck Daughtrey's explainations in Looking through Lincoln Cents , his intro book on RPMs. Otherwise, it is never easy to grade coins accurately in photos, particularly circulated. That is why you see folks just say it is XF or a Fine but no numerical association with it, that requires a "feel" of the coin, in person really. Even these "Tru-grade" pix don't capture the "soul", the color of the coin. Yours is a nice circulated coin, maybe in the VF/XF range, depending if the edge detail is wear or deteriorated die strike(or both?). On Moxking's eye appeal scale, 4/10 is pretty high. Oh, what the reeding is like is another big factor on larger clad coins. Edited by Crazyb0
09/01/2018 7:56 pm
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AU53-55 details, obverse rim damage. Worth about $0.25, but indeed, it is much nicer than the average one found in change.
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My opinion is that there is too much wear to make it an almost uncirculated coin. I'm going with EF45. Nice find, I love finding coins from circulation. Still working on State and ATB Quarters. Maybe I'll get a folder for regular Wash. qtrs. Thanks for the idea. KK |
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Agree low AU, likely details. I hope the OP understands that grading common circulated coins doesn't really contribute much to the learning process.  |
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I would say EF. Although, it's still worth a Quarter.
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Thanks for the reality check. I had some info that the 1970-D was rare and in high demand in all grades. I'll check that info again. Thanks All
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A year or there was a 1970 Washington quarter in the news. It was minted on a Canadian quarter. The owner was asking crazy money for it. Around that time a lot of people were thinking any 1970 Washington quarter was worth big money. |
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GR58, You hit the nail square. My info was a lot of hype about nothing. The story made the news and it took off. There was even a couple of 1970-D's on e-Bay yesterday for about $125.00.
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AU-50, worth face value. The 1970-D Half is the coin you must have been thinking of.
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