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Posted 10/28/2008 10:25 pm
Yea, pictures
It is actually a pretty nice looking 1983. I would say that it is lightly circulated and I would grade it AU. That does not necessarily make it worth anything, however it is much nicer than the average 1983D Washington quarter floating around in circulation- for that reason, it is a keeper
FYI, the reason that 1982 and 1983 coins are generally more valuable that other contemporary issues is the fact that no official US Mint Sets were issued in those years. The annual sets serve as a reserve of uncirculated coins for each year- an average of 1-2 million fully mint state coins for each year and mint. The vast majority of the 1982 and 83 coins went directly into commerce with few set aside. In average circulated grades, they are completely common but AU-MS grades are conditionally rare.
It is actually a pretty nice looking 1983. I would say that it is lightly circulated and I would grade it AU. That does not necessarily make it worth anything, however it is much nicer than the average 1983D Washington quarter floating around in circulation- for that reason, it is a keeper
FYI, the reason that 1982 and 1983 coins are generally more valuable that other contemporary issues is the fact that no official US Mint Sets were issued in those years. The annual sets serve as a reserve of uncirculated coins for each year- an average of 1-2 million fully mint state coins for each year and mint. The vast majority of the 1982 and 83 coins went directly into commerce with few set aside. In average circulated grades, they are completely common but AU-MS grades are conditionally rare.
