137 Bicentenial quarters

So i found some of these in my closet in a jar...their not even mine i think the people who lived in the house before forgot them. I counted and its equal to $34.25 just in itself but what is the collector value? none are in like proof condition their just average. If i had to guess a grade i would say AU-53 all through MS 61 for all of them, like i said none are special all mixed mints.

 

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Bicentenial Quarters are very cool!! but the condition there in wouldnt bring
Much of a premium.

 

worth 34.25 they minted so many of them that unless proof or uncirculated they are just worth face value. Ice

 

They are extremely cool, thanks guys.

 

My dad saved every one he found, and now I do too in a tribute to him. (He died in 2002) I bet the person who collected 137 of them saved them all too!

I am up to 45 of them right now, I know he must have hidden some more away somewhere, probably in some odd place like the heating vents or something...lol

 

How long ago did you move into that house to just now be finding them? Were they well hidden as well?

 

I have been pulling a ton of them out of circulation. I have almost three rolls from 2010 so far. Really nice design i think, the one i cracked out of the three piece proof for my type set is really sweet. Too bad they are only worth a quarter.

 

Check the "LIBERTY" on the Denvers for a doubled die and then spend the rest.

 

Actually, those in this thread who claim that Bicentennial Quarters are not worth anything in these grades or if they don't have an error suggest you just spend the coins, are not completely aware that these coins can and do sell for greater than face value in online auctions, even regular business strikes pulled from circulation can fetch a premium.

I save every one of these coins that I find in pocket change and when I have a few rolls of them saved up, I list them on eBay. Below are some example prices I have realized in the past couple years to illustrate my point:

• Three rolls (face value of $30) for $55.05
• Three rolls (face value of $30) for $55.63
• One roll (face value of $10) for $ 23.84

Note that the above prices are the final bids which do not include shipping/insurance fees paid by the buyers nor deduct the listing fees I paid for the auction.

All of the coins were in full rolls of $10 each, explained clearly in the item descriptions that they were all circulated and pulled from change in no particular grades. No claims of errors, silver versions, nor that they were searched or unsearched were made.

I highly suggest those of you spending these coins to reconsider and try saving them, then selling rolls of Bicentennial Quarters to see what you can get out of them.

 

The reverse on the bicentennial quarter is cool (especially in silver) and under-appreciated in my opinion. TC

 

Really? This sounds made up to me. Someone really just left a jar full of quarters in a closet. I guess they just decided they didn't want them anymore...

 

you have 3 posts in two different threads, all of them putting hunt down?

anyway...

i had a bunch of them, i kept a few that looked to be MS. then i was at a bank looking for halves and the lady had two unc rolls of them! i opened one and took the best one out and still have the others. i may put up the other roll on ebay or something.

i never looked to see if they had a premium, i just always assumed they didn't. thanks for the info krispy! now i wish i would have saved the others i had.

 

That's not true - I don't think suggesting someone be honest in their posts is a put down. The idea is to help others not to mislead them isn't it?

btw - doesn't sound like tmoneyeagles believed this story either. Perhaps you should reply to his post as well?

 

I know people who are sitting on hoards of THOUSANDS of them because they are convinced they will be valuable some day. The bicentennial quarter is to the late 70's what the Barr dollar was to the late 60's, and probably the westward journey nickels will be to the 2000's. Especially the bison nickel. (and what the state quarters would have been to the 90's if they hadn't made them for ten years,)

 

Yeah, Hunt is still learning, and he's trying real hard.

Why is that so hard to believe?

An acquaintance of mine back in Maryland spotted an old upright piano on a street corner in New Jersey. It was being discarded by the new homeowner. When he asked at the door if it was okay to take it, the new owner said sure. It had been left by the previous owner and it didn't play anyway. When he got it back to his shop, he opened it and discovered that it didn't play because someone had stuffed $134,000 in cash between the strings.

Of course, you don't have to take my word for it, but it was only recently on Pawn Stars that a woman came in looking to sell a $20 Double Eagle that had been left in the safe of a home she bought. It was worth $18,000!

Chris

 

I believe it was worth $1,800 retail not $18,000.

 

yea, i believe the st. gaudens was $1,800 retail. i think they gave her around $1,200 for it as well?

 

Way, way back in the 70's myself and a friend decided to hoard as many of those brand new Bicentennial Quarters as we could afford. We pulled as many from change as we could, purchased many from banks, had people looking for them for us, etc. My friend had over a few thousand dollars worth and I had close to that. After about 30 years at a coin show we asked around if anyone wanted to buy them. One dealer said $0.24/each since he, like everyone else, didn't want them at all. So a few days later all ended up in a bank for face value. I'll aways wonder if that money was in the bank all that time, I really could have made out better in just interest. Maybe not much, but enough for a few cases of beer.

 

No offence, but if i was lying i think i would make it on something valuable and, if you want pics ill post them. Nothing really to be jealous of.

 

But that was before eBay! Back then, you couldn't easily find buyers willing to pay more than face for these common coins. :smile

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