Certified State Quarters

Just curious how many people collect certified state quarters by PCGS or NCG and if so what grade do you try to get.

-Nickeldude

 

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I'm sure there are many here that do Nick. I'm not one of them......


Welcome to the forum.

 

Welcome to the forum. I have all the silver proofs and the mint set . I do not have any certified. Like them in the orginal mint package. Just depends on what you like.

 

Thanks

 

Hi Nickeldude and welcome to the forum.

I do not collect slabbed state quarters or state quarters at all for that matter. Here's what I see in other modern "slabbed stuff". The high grade gets the big premium. The next highest grade will get less than "raw" coins at times.

Sound silly folks? Believe me it can be true. EXAMPLE: An MS70 2008 reverse of 2007 slabbed Silver Eagle gets good money. An MS69 is often below RAW as people are hoping to buy one and slab it at MS70.

I'm sure this is not the only case - just happens to be one I check at work for the boss. This is why I stay away from modern stuff and sure as heck don't buy it slabbed.

 

The state quarters got me back into collecting after a long hiatus. I built a set of silver flag holder '99-'06 in PCGS 69-DCAM only to sell them at cost (luckily on Ebay), after I gathered my thoughts and cleared my head of the fuzz.

After I shook off the dust, I resumed my collecting as I knew, and stayed away from the moderns.

Not knocking them, they did bring me back after all, I think that is probably the case with many folks my age. I am grateful for them, otherwise I would not be back in the hobby.

 

A lot of people just don't like moderns.

I'm not one of them. I also don't collect slabbed states coins yet but do seek them out in nice condition. I've found only two issues from the whole series that I set aside in quantity because most of the coins are banged up and/ or poorly made.

I've also found a few nice coins in mint sets but haven't even looked at very many sets yet.

It's a wonderful series and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing the Hawaii issue so I can consider it truly complete.

 

Count me out. I do not collect slabbed State Quarters.

 

Nickledude - this is a good cautionary tale from clembo. The money you spend on certifying your quarters would be better spent on coins.

What is your motivation for certifying these? If it is to enhance future value (assuming slabbing will help you resell) then that would be unlikely given the high mintages of these coins. If it is preservation, then there are a lot cheaper alternatives.

AND, welcome to our corner of the net. It's a great place and I'm glad you've discovered it. Keep posting away!

 

My collection pretty much stops when 90% silver business strikes stopped (1964).
State quarters are my only real exception. And I only buy unslabbed UNC business strikes.
I don't do Presidential dollars.
And for the pending National Parks series I won't even worry about UNCs. I'll just pull them out of circulation and make trades for the ones I can't find.

IMO slabbed moderns are mostly for the benefit of the TPGs.

 

There are those that have a great time looking for a really nice high grade and putting it in a slab for their collection. It's almost like a game, trying to guess what grade it will get. For the price it's a lot of fun. Sure it would cost less to just buy them in the slab but that's too easy.
With that said, I don't slab them but I did buy mint sets each year.
It's a really cool hobby.

 

I don't bother with the state hood quarters unless there errors or varieties that's what i collect in that series.

I also have serveral rolls that i put away just for the keeping. I have no desire to slab them unless it was a major error.


The interest level for them is basically younger and begiiner collectors who are just starting out which is cool , the more people that become interested , it helps the hobby to expand.and keeps it growing

And we are glad you joined this great site

Jazzcoins Joe

 

Well, besides all the comments from the peanut gallery!!!

- A lot of those quarters are slabbed because people are hoping to get MS-70 and then sell them for relatively big bucks. Many that you see for sale are probably "failed" MS-70 or MS-69 attempts.

Just remember there are millions (billions) of these coins. And down the road, I'm guessing there will be as many MS-70's as the market will support.

So what might be valuable today (a MS-69 or 70) may be relatively common in a few years.

Of course, here we're talking "investment" and not collecting enjoyment. If you truly want and would enjoy MS-70's, then go for it!

 

I collect the state quarters but not in slabs, I tend to go for Unc I also have the mint sets in silver and the Mrs has now decided to buy me some loose silver proofs LOL

 

Perfection has always brought a huge premium in slabbed collectibles (whether it be coins, cards or comicbooks... my other vices)... and I have know idea why. Is the pursuit of perfection that important that you would pay a ridiculous amount to acheive it? I don't buy the idea, so I don't buy slabbed items that are graded "perfect" (I couldn't afford them anyway). I think it's silly, but that's just my opinion.

 

I don't. I put together a P/D set out of circulation to fill a Dansco...most are AUish or so, but I just did it for fun. At some point, I have thought about putting together a slabbed PF69 set of the clad and silver proofs...but that's a maybe and down the road.

 

All the investors are buying old coins.

I've found only a handfull of MS-65 coins for the entire states series. Except for a few satin finish coins there are almost no MS-69 and MS-70. There aren't enough of these to fill either a truck or a bicyclist's pockets.

 

This makes me ask, what happened to them? As popular as the quarter is in every day commerce wouldn't even account for this. Considering the billions and billions minted, it's hard to believe.
Guy~