Bicentenial Quarters And Half Dollars

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4033ryan Valued Member United States 87 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 6:25 pm My uncle has just passed away suddenly and with his death he has left me a major coin collection...I've been able to look up most coin values but I have 2 questions. When rolling bags and bags of Bicentential Half dollars and quarters I wondered if these are special. I have 13 rolls of 1976 Quarters and 8 rolls of 1976 half dollars. Any ideas of value there all in excellent AU condition by the way of their looks. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 6:33 pm Due to huge mintages and massive savings, quarter and half dollar Bicentennial coins might start seeing a premium sometime around the Tricentennial BU rolls have a small premium but circulated coins would only be worth face value. Eisenhower Bicentennial Dollars do have a premium even if they are circulated. Edited by biokemist6 05/31/2011 8:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
smokeriderdon Pillar of the Community United States 3755 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 7:04 pm While you would think what biokemist said is true, in practice, it is not. Even circulated , fine grade, will bring a small premium. I just sold a set of all three bicentennial coins, quarter, half and Ike dollar, for 5.50. More than twice face value. A lot of people really like those coins and are willing to pay small premiums for circulated. In AU, I'd bet you could pull a little more. Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Stroud Pillar of the Community United States 2661 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 7:35 pm You did good smoker, I gotta give that. But for the most part with the Kemist. I keep all my Ike's I run across as long as I can get them for face. As for the Bicentennial Half dollars, they go right back to the bank, or get spent on coffee. Report this Post to the Staff
bmanofnbc Pillar of the Community United States 1424 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 7:44 pm For most coin collectors they are common and only worth face value. For average people who don't see them all the time they are neat and worth a small premium. I've sold several sets (Ike, JFK & Qtr) for $3-$5 at yard sales. I think a lot of them were presents for grandkids etc... Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 8:09 pm I have to agree with the "only worth face value" I see these in collections I buy and see them being brought into the coin shops. When I get them, I dump them at the bank. If you have a small market.. like maybe Garage sale or flea market then I guess it is possible to make a few dollars on them. Report this Post to the Staff
jarwulf Valued Member United States 163 Posts	Posted 05/31/2011 8:36 pm My uncle has just passed away suddenly and with his death he has left me a major coin collection...I've been able to look up most coin values but I have 2 questions. When rolling bags and bags of Bicentential Half dollars and quarters I wondered if these are special. I have 13 rolls of 1976 Quarters and 8 rolls of 1976 half dollars. Any ideas of value there all in excellent AU condition by the way of their looks. Thanks! Anyone who pays a premium for all but the most highly graded or error bicentennial business clad halves is getting shafted imo. The 1976s along with the 1971s are by far the easiest to find in the wild ~>25%. Don't believe me? Just do a little half searching and you'll be swimming in so many you'll be hard pressed to get rid of them all. They're a dreadful nuisance. Maybe after a hundred years or so and one or two anti-bicentennial crusades by CRHers fed up with them they'll be worth something. The bi-quarters are quite common too but not to the extreme degree that the halves are. I agree with others that it is possible to pawn them off to the unsuspecting public though. Edited by jarwulf 05/31/2011 8:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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