1983 & 1986 Quarters. Is There A Reason To Keep Them

I think the 83's were not released into circulation.
John1

So, I have it backwards
John1

One interesting thing I have found with my 82&83 mint sets was that breaking them up was a mistake. The intact mint sets are getting so pricey and the coins they contain usually are average. Thus the FMV of the coins is usually much less then the intact sets. I bought my sets so long ago for much less then they are now and didn't check current prices before liberating the coins. I would have been better served selling the sets and buying graded examples of the individual coins.

Thanks for the explanation. Since there was no mention of 1986, I will assume they do not fall into the same category.
So would it be prudent to hang on to the few rolls of 83's I have?
Again, thanks for the clarification.

It's getting to the point now that almost all pre-'99 (except '76) quarters should be saved in nice chAU or better condition. Even ugly AU's are rarely seen. Indeed, pre-1989 should even be saved in nice attractive XF or better and anything before 1979 in VF+ or better. People are not paying attention and all of these coins are already highly elusive. Some entity is apparently scratching the coins and most are already "ruined" as a collectible. Even without scratches these coins were gouged, scraped, stained, and worn into oblivion. More than 50% of the oldest coins have been destroyed or lost and the survivors are in horrendous condition.

The 1986 P & D should get a lot of extra attention because the mint's lists of mint set buyers was inadvertently purged of long time customers that year. This resulted in a lot of demand on BU rolls for this date which are scarce and then much higher prices for the mint set. Most of this demand has been satisfied after all these years but it leaves the supply of quarters very thin.

While the '82 and '83 quarters will be far and away the most common eagle reverse quarters in XF and better condition the '86 will be typical. People who can't afford a chBU '82-P will be able to find a nice chAU cheaply but there will be very few '86's in AU.

I would be inclined to choice them out. Just save everything in nice chXF and better and all the AU's even if they aren't choice. Dump the culls; those with big scratches and stains.

I'd also check the '82-D and the '83's for the reverse with the "N" in "UNUM" farther away from the eagle's head. I'm not sure of the cause of this but they are somewhat interesting and are tougher. Indeed, they appear on most quarters between '77 and '84 though they aren't easy to spot until the '79.

Inflation will reduce the value if collectors continue to watch all these coins disappear. It's not worth holding onto any coin that will never have a market and I seriously doubt a F 1983-P quarter with a stain will have a premium in the lifetime of anyone reading these words today.

I heard that too a while back they were hard to find. So I also saved up two rolls of the 83s. I haven't seen to many high prices on them though. I am disappointed. Maybe someday they will go up.

Prinetane I was offered $3.46 for my 42 proof sets. Just crack open the ones with nice flawless coins and save them.