I work at a local supermarket as a cashier. So, whenever I am giving change I always check for anything worth keeping and then trade it out at a later time. Well today, I got luckier then ever before. Normally, I would get one or two wheat cents but today was different. When I checked my till I found 10 silver quarters. Yep that's right, 10 silver quarters. I have no idea where they came or if there was anymore that were given out before I got to them; but, judging by the toning and condition of some of them, they couldn't have been in circulation for long. Dates, Mintmarks and Photos follow. 1963- 2 (both in MS maybe???) 1964- 5 1964-D-3 1964's 1964-D's 1963 1 (Grade?) 1963 2 (Grade?)
Very nice Sully! I'm not too good with the grading so I'll let others handle that, but no matter what the grades are you came out ahead getting them at face value.
Someone must have gotten into someone else's stash and mindlessly spent them on something important like cigarettes or alcohol. My sister worked in a convenience store for awhile and still has the jar of goodies that came across the counter - lots of silver, buffalo nickels and older bills.
I once was in a Schnuck's in St. Louis and I noticed the cashier had a bunch of Mercury dimes in her box. I asked for them and she gave them to me plus some more in the back. I informed her of the silver value and gave her some money for her assistance. She thought the whole thing kind of strange, I think.
Or maybe they just bought groceries. Not sure how ignorance of the value of coins equates to evil or recklessness in your mind.
Can you explain how you know? The red book makes no mention of a type B and the only references I can find to it online are for the 1964-D
I haven't seen silver in circulation like that since... well... never... I was born too late for the silver coin era and by the time I hit adulthood anything non-clad in change was extremely rare. Very nice!
The easiest way to tell the Type B (for me) is to look at the eagle's left (viewer's right) wing tip. If it's very sharp, pointed, and separate from the fields...Type B. Second clue: leaves touching the A in DOLLAR. There is a difference in the space between the E and S in STATES, but IMO the other two are MUCH easier to use, especially with online photos. The Type B's stick out like a sore thumb once you know what to look for.
@Sullysullinburg , strange, look a little more closely at the second paragraph: The 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1964 can be found in U.S. Mint sets with a little searching.
