Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a fantastic Friday! I wanted to share some of the coins my dad left me. It looks like he never had the time to get any of them graded, and since I'm still learning about coin collecting, I'm definitely not an expert yet. I found some drummer boy quarters that he had carefully wrapped up, and I'm curious to know why that might be. The first couple of quarters are in really nice condition, but the last one seems to have an error. What do you think? Should I get any of them graded? I didn’t want to overwhelm you with pictures, so I arranged them this way. I hope you can zoom in and take a look! If you’d like more photos, just let me know. Thanks so much for your help!
Bicentennial Quarters a quite common especially since they were minted for 2 years (1975-1976). They'd have to be MS-67 or higher to be worth grading (which they're not). I would look for this more valuable DDO on the Denver minted ones. You'll need magnification to see it. http://varietyvista.com/09b WQ Vol 2/DDO Detail Pages/1976DDDO001.htm
Nice but very common. The mint production lasted almost 2 years. There are no 1975 quarters as the Bicentennial Quarters are dual dated. The production over the two year period led to very high quantities and people saved them by the roll.
I now clearly understand why he has so many. I've heard that bicentennial quarters in great condition or those with errors can be worth a significant amount. Is that accurate?
As with any coin, higher grade coins are worth more, how much depends on how high the grade is. Most errors aren't terribly valuable, it's mostly the very dramatic ones.
These were the first change to the design in over 40 years. Folks saved them thinking that they would be valuable in the future.
In my junk box I have at least half a dozen I pulled out of circulation as a kid. The bicentennial was a big deal. I regularly get them in change still. Last time I rolled up quarters to cash in there were two bicentennials in there. Too common to have graded, but a nice remembrance of your father.
Yeah, for many years my mother collected these quarters. She worked as a waitress at an airport for like nearly 20 years so she had access to so much currency. She used to pull them out of the tills at the end of the day, replacing them with either paper and/or coin currency. She had around a total of 16 one-pound coffee cans full of them at one point. From memory, it seems each coffee can weighed like 40 pounds. Very heavy. She had them lining half of the wall circumference of her walk-in closet. She ended up realizing they weren't going to be worth anything over .25 each so she eventually turned them into the bank and bought a Camaro with the money. I've come across a few very nice condition bicentennial quarters in my change that I've hung onto just for s&g. The one in my avatar is an S mint proof that I got at the self-serve carwash quarter machine a number of years ago. Not at all worn and still has the mirror shine background and frosted high points. Must had just been put into the machine by the time I got it.
Same here, I get them in my change every week. Probably because so many people collected/ hoarded & held onto them over the years thinking they would be worth more than .25 someday. That day hasn't come yet so they end up throwing them back into circulation, thus lengthening the years of service life they have. In other words, if no one had collected (preserved) them for many years, most of them would have been completely worn out from being in circulation and most likely damaged to the point of being removed by this time. Since so many people collected/hoarded so many of them, (my mother perhaps being possibly one of the top prolific bicentennial quarter hoarders of all time), and over recent years releasing their hoard back into circulation, it's not uncommon to get these in good shape in everyday change. Another year I get frequently is the 1965 quarters, in comparison to all other 1966 - 1969 quarters I get in my change. I think a lot of people must have hoarded those over the years as well. Because it was the year that the materials they were made from changed, and there are a lot of people who think that they will be worth more since they have a silver content to them, or at least believe they have a silver content to them.
True, I also see 1965 frequently. But they also minted more 1965 (1.8 billion) than any other 60s clad, almost three times the total of 68, 68-D, 69 and 69-D combined. I frequently see 1966 and 67 as well, but not as much 68 or 69. Undoubtedly people did save the 65s thinking they still had silver, because the halves did. Last time I rolled up my quarters the distribution by decade was this. I didn't bother separating the year 2000+ or counting the 10 60s coins by year. Those two bicentennials went back into circulation for someone to hawk on ebay.
Hi. Hoping for some feedback on a large number of coins I have vetted – somecoins.com for lots of pictures! Thank you!!
