This is my latest casual sideline. I've got a Washington quarter album for the eagle-reverse type (1932-1998, no proofs). The plan is to fill as many of the silver slots as possible by going through dealer "junk" silver assortments, to get 'em at spot or thereabouts. The clads I will fill by going through coin rolls from the bank. I know I will have to buy the 1932-D and 1932-S, but aside from those, do you foresee any difficulties for me in doing the rest of the silver ones at or near spot? I've never collected this series. For that matter, are there any clads that will be tough to find by coin roll hunting? @cladking - what pointers do you have for me? If nothing else, it will give me something relatively affordable to look for at the FUN show in January, since I will be on a much more restricted budget this year. I did a swap with @Randy Abercrombie, who let me have 53 different dates and mints of silvers out of his safe deposit stash (at well below spot, I should add!), so there's a healthy start to the project.
While I could hardly expect it to happen again, I actually did get both a 1932 D and S in a roll of junk silver. Two summers ago, I bought three rolls of junk silver quarters on eBay. It seems like someone used an old quarter book to help fill them. They were low grade, but I was still shocked. I think your goal is attainable and a fun challenge.
Good luck. The only difficult clad quarters will be the W's. But they are out there, although I have never gotten one
Oops. Just looked at the album. Proof-only issues are included. So that means the clad proofs, which I can’t expect to find in circulation. So I’ll have to buy those along with the ‘32-D&S. But how bad can they be? Pretty cheap on eBay, I guess?
I always saved my clad impaired proofs. Left them all back in Syracuse. If you’re not completed by May they’re yours.