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Valued Member
United States
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hey guys new member here, also new to coin collecting. I've recently learned that 1983 quarters could be a key date. with that said- I know very little of grading, so... my question is- is this 1983 quarter worth the expense to get a grade? does it make the cut in your opinion. what grade do you think it could get? thanks for looking and writing your opinion.     |
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Valued Member
 United States
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here he is with friends. i think with the comps you can get a clearer idea of the detail.  |
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Valued Member
United States
97 Posts |
It's not worth having graded....sorry. it had dings and is not all that eye appealing
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
thanks. its the best looking 83 I have ever seen in person. In fact its probably the best looking early 80's that I have seen in the wild.  |
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
this one is currently selling on ebay for 6 bucks. i think mine looks better.  |
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United States
230 Posts |
can someone tell me which coin would grade higher and why? the second coin already has two bids for 6 bucks on ebay and it will probably go higher. the first coin in mine. apologizes for the poor photographs- its harder to take a good picture of a coin than I though. thanks in advance.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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if you knew how much it cost to get it graded it would change your mind. if you spent money on it to send in and get graded, when you sell it you would probably be at a loss. it would cost more to grade it than you would receive selling it. keep it for sure but don't grade it.
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Valued Member
United States
111 Posts |
 with murrellington. It's just not worth the price of getting slabbed. For example, Coin Values says the coin is worth the following: AU-50: $12 MS-60: $25 MS-63: $30 The only time I'd slab a coin is if it has a value of over $50 or is scarce/rare. |
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United States
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I have to agree. Slabbing will run you about $20. And as always, it is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I would hold on to it though, it's only a $.25 investment, why not. Who knows what the future will bring?
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United States
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I agree with all off the above. I like the look of it, but I assume it's going to grade AU. Unless it had a shot at an upper MS value, it's not going to be worth the cost of grading this coin. $20 is actually a low estimate of grading cost unless you have other coins to send in as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2270 Posts |
Your coin looks unc and an end roll coin that was lightly damaged by the crimper. In the first picture it looks like it could even have light wear but that's probably a trick of the light. The coin was struck by nice dies as is evident in the ponytail and general lack of flow lines. This is good for an '83-P since dies were overused for this date. But it is poorly struck. It's reasonably well centered but the dies were out of line resulting in the extreme weakness in the top of the I in LIBERTY. The coin has a great deal of marking as well.
It won't grade higher than MS-60 which makes it about a $25 coin and grading won't affect this value much if at all. It won't be easy to sell since it is not choice in any regard.
There is one nice thing though; it's the scarcer type "d" reverse. All of the coins in the souvenir mint sets and most of the coins in the other mint sets are type "c" reverses which account for around 75% of the mintage. Only about 7 or 8% of the coins saved are the type "d". This will probably bring a small premium in the future in all grades (above VF) and a large premium in the high grades.
You can find nice gem coins in the mint sets. Save the grading fees and buy some mint sets that you hand select for superb quarters. (Or any other superb coins as well)
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Valued Member
United States
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thanks for the help.
can you tell me a little more about a type d reverse?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2270 Posts |
The reverse on the type "d" is completely different than the regular
type "c". The "d" first appeared in 1977 but was quite scarce until
1979. It appears on all issues between '77 and '84 of both mints ex-
cept the '82-P. Only the '81-P appears in mint sets.
The easiest place to spot the difference is the right side of the "N"
in "UNUM" is farther from the eagle's head on the type "d" which is the
easiest place to pick up the difference.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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