1983 Quarters Actually Worth Something?

There is a much higher value on these if MS-65. I'm not sure of the reason why as the mintage figures don't warrant it so there must be some other reason. Perhaps someone with a little more info will be along soon to shed some more light on the subject.

Here you go, I found part of the reason through Google.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Coin-Col...arters.htm#b

So there only worth a quarter unless they are in unc then I guess.

Yep. Unless they are Mint State they really aren't worth much more than 25¢. The real value starts at MS-65 therefore if you are looking for those it would need to be slabbed or certified to know for sure. I'm not a quarter collector ( State Quarters only) so I wouldn't know a MS-65 quarter if it kicked me in the rear!

The last I looked the '83-P quarters wholesale for about $25 in BU. Most BU's are only about MS-61 or MS-62 because this date is very poorly made. Buyers reakky expect a few nicer coins (MS-63/4)in rolls so you won't be able to wholesale a lot of really bad rolls. True MS-65's are rare for this date. The graders will bump up lower quality coins because they are so tough.

You can get a premium (wholesale) of a few dollars to about $10 for nice AU specimens but there's little market activity in XF's.

Contrary to popular belief this was one of the clad quarter rolls that was most heavily saved. There were like more than 2000 rolls saved but this is higher than most other dates. As was mentioned, it's the lack of mint sets that causes demand for the rolls.