1921 Quarter

Marjonbc, you are either a mind reader or you were standing behind me this morning while I was on the phone conversing with a collector friend about this exact TOPIC! The elusive 1921 Canada quarter. In our conversation, we both concur that the '21 quarter dollar (as the Yanks would call it) is brutally RARE in grades above VG-8
We've been collecting for appr. 10 years each and with our combined hunt for the '21 quarter over the years, I've managed to acquire a nice I.C.C.S., EF-45 example and my friend has a raw AU-50 example.
The I.C.C.S. 2010, Population Report states they have a whopping 340 circulated examples and a mere 30 Unc.'s out there.
Someone must be hoarding 'em all or it's a dozen coins being re-submitted many times over? I feel this is a highly underrated coin and is one of my most frustrating to acquire in high grade. Greg Jones, owner of Lighthouse Numismatics currently has a P.C.G.S., MS-62 example for sale, however, I don't feel it is beyond an AU-55. (at least according to I.C.C.S. standards) I'm currently attempting to MS-64 my entire King George V quarter collection (all I.C.C.S.) and I'm currently 70% complete at said grade. One of my favourite series by the way!

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Cheers...............> Glenn

Well at least I am not alone in wondering. I found what should be a nice one (auction house has it rated AU) but I had to sift through hundreds of web pages and dozens of sites to find one that looked good and was not an arm and a leg. Should be here in a week to 10 days I hope.... found it across the pond. In a recent trip south to the Money Show in Sacramento I had a chance to stop at a lot of shops along the way. I saw a number of mid to lower grade 1915 and 1927 but not one 1921. There might be something to the melt theory.

I also noticed it was tough to find. That said, the 1915 and 1927 are also very difficult to find in EF if you are holding out for one with really nice eye appeal.