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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Hello!  Couple questions... What is the current value of the completed set of Washington Silver Quarters? (1932 - 1964) Just curious because that is my goal currently. They are in circulated condition. Also, should I sell any duplicates I have to fund my folder for the ones I have yet to collect? Or hang onto the extra quarters? Thanks for the advice.
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It all depends on the condition of the coins. Could be $300 or $10,000+ just really depends on the quality of the coins. Post a few pictures and some of the regulars here are very knowledgable.
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Well I have 75 total, and 48 of them are being used in the folders. 29 are duplicates that I dont need, and I am debating selling them to grab more for my folder, or holding onto them. Trust me, none of them would make it worth 10,000 dollars. They are all in decent circulated shape, you can see all the dates, mint marks, etc. Some of the older ones are worn around the edges, but that comes with age I'm sure. Pics arent available right now, sorry.  |
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What years are you missing? *** removed sales offer to new member ***
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Valued Member
United States
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Lets see, I am missing the following...
1932
1932 D
1932 S
1934
1934 D
1935 D
1935 S
1936 D
1937 D
1937 S
1938
1938 S
1939
1939 D
1939 S
1940 D
1941 S
1942 D
1942 S
1943 D
1944 S
1945 D
1945 S
1946 D
1946 S
1947 D
1947 S
1948 D
1948 S
1950 S
1951 S
1952 S
1953
1954 S
1955
1955 D
1958
Quite a few, mostly the earlier ones.
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Pillar of the Community
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You can pick every one of those dates except the '32 S & D in decent to superb collectible condition right out of the silver melt tubs in this area. This is a set that is worth pursuing and albumizing only in better grades, imho.
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Following the lead, any opinions of what a complete set of Washingtons (32-98) would be in matching color and all BU?  |
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You're scaring me BigFredd.. I have a set less the early Proofs.
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"You can pick every one of those dates except the '32 S & D in decent to superb collectible condition right out of the silver melt tubs in this area. This is a set that is worth pursuing and albumizing only in better grades, imho."
And where exactly would one find a silver melt tub? Sorry, I dont quite understand that sentence. However, I would not be placing coins into my folder that looked as if they had been hit by a train of left in a fire. Only nice looking circulated coins would make their way into the folders. :)
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The "Silver Melt Tub" means going to a coin shop and digging through their bin to find what you need. These are "circulated" quality and you choose what you want. All the silver coins in this "tub" would be for "silver melt price", which means, the price of silver for that particular day. This "price" can easily be found out online or in the newspaper, or right there at the coin shop. And right here on the forum, on the upper left of this screen, under "navigation", look for the heading "spot prices". Click there. Then You'll see the days Gold market prices. Click on " Silver" in blue under that graph on the U.S.A. New York graph (the first graph), and you'll see the graph for that days silver melt prices or "spot prices" that is updated minute by minute. Goes without saying that, when your "buying", you want silver to be very low, and when you're "selling", you want silver to be at a all time high, like it has been recently. Recently silver has been averaging around $35.00 an ounce, so your "circulated silver quarters" would be priced at 1/4 of that.... around $8.00 to $9.00 apiece. Most coin shops have these "bins" or "tubs" that they'll let you dig through. So if you could do a check in your area, and find out if there's a coin shop within driving distance from you, it would be VERY beneficial to finishing your folder at a decent price with exactly what you want......  Quote:
29 are duplicates that I dont need, and I am debating selling them to grab more for my folder You could get roughly around $200.00 for your "extras" at this coin shop for your quarters.....then turn around and buy or "trade" for these missing holes in your folder. Except for the "key date" Washington....you could get pretty close to completing your folder with this transaction alone. Bring some extra money with ya for the remainder....and you're GOLDEN ! Edited by eaglefoot
07/04/2011 07:50 am
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Eaglefoot, thank you so much for that advice. I will definitely be using it.
Learnin new stuff all the time, these forums are very helpful :)
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And where exactly would one find a silver melt tub? At most any well established coin shop. Dealers buy silver coins in bulk from the general public. Common coins like *most* Washington quarters do not have enough collector numismatic value to be sold individually in 2x2 holders. So the dealers just dump them in plastic buckets or tubs and sell them at a slight premium to the current spot silver price. My east coast source is currently charging 26 times face value which equals $6.50 per quarter. Quote:
I would not be placing coins into my folder that looked as if they had been hit by a train of left in a fire. Only nice looking circulated coins would make their way into the folders. :) We are not talking junk coins here. You might be surprised at the quality of what you will find. The high price of silver has caused many partially-filled coin folders that were assembled many years ago, to come out of storage for sale to silver buyers. Dealers will check these folders for key dates and consign the rest to the bulk silver tubs, regardless of condition. See photo below for just a few of my recent picks from my local source.   |
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Now I've just got to find a coin dealer in my area, since there isn't one in the town I live in :/
Thanks for the advice though! I'm sure Ill have this folder filled up in no time at all.
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