1776-1976 bicentennial quarters from circulation?

I was taking a peek through my collection the other day and came across my BU 1976 quarter.

It got me to thinking when the last time i saw one of these in circulation.

I think the last time was around the mid-90's when i was a teenager. I remember seeing them and commenting on how the reverse was different. I set them aside but no idea where they are now. I probably spent them.

But i routinely pull quarters from 65-69 out of my change, but haven't seen a '76 quarter in more than 10 years.

Are people really hoarding these??

 

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Maybe - I see them more often than you. I take my lose change and put into jars for nephews. I know at least twice last year I had 1 for each jar (4 jars total). I remember one time it took me a month to get 4 - one for each jar. Wanted to make sure each kid had one just in case they decided to start collecting. Sigh - no luck so far.

 

BostonMike,we get those Drummer Boy Quarters turning up a lot over here in New Zealand,especially when we buy up bulk lots of coins.There is usually at least 1 that turns up.They are one of the most attractive U.S. coin designs.

Aidan.

 

i save them. my dad got 1 in change eariler today. i traded a normal quarter for it and saved it. i get about 1 every 3 or 4 months.

 

Interesting. Odd how i never find any.


In fact, in the last 10 years. I've pulled more silver quarters out of my pocket change than i have '76 bicentennial quarters.

I do know there are a lot of them minted, but strange how i never see any.

 

Still see quite a few here. I usually have one turn up in my change every month or two.

 

I get one in change about every other month. I give them to my friend at work that saves them. He thinks they will be worth something in the near future.

Lou

 

I understand that some people are hoarding them, I can't imagine why, two years of production, millions made.
I'd rather use them to buy a coin for my collection.

 

Since I'm in a proof coin picture taking kind of mood.....taken through the plastic capsule.

 

I like that Washignton Design as opposed to the new would. Al least the hair curls are believable. I miss these '76 coins and they bring back a nastolgia. That being said, it is time to put Washington to bed and move on to a new design.

Ruben

 

Yeah. Same here.

 

yea I searched through a pretty big bucket of change today... found about 4 drummer boys... threw them back since I wasn't sure if they were rare enough (i know - my grandkids will be kickin me)
didn't check them for mint - found out that 1976-S is 40% silver , but only 11 million of em were made.




something interesting about the 1976 Clad :

Circulation strikes: 809,784,016
Proofs: 4
Four three-piece sets (Quarter Dollar, Half Dollar, and Dollar) were struck as Proofs but without mintmarks. One set went to then-President Gerald Ford, another to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission administrator, John W. Warner, another to Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, and the other to Gerald Ford's appointment secretary, Anne L. Armstrong.

 

This is my first post so I may people might not believe me but I see these all the time. They're worth about a quarter and there is no reason to spend them. I probably see them every couple of rolls or so. This summer I was working as a cashier and thought about saving them and ended up with over half a roll. I decided I wasn't interested and got rid of them. I'd say silver quarters are much rarer as I've never found one (although someone I was working with found one this summer and gave it to me for $1).

 

My daughter received 15 Bicentennial Quarters and 5 Silver Washington Quarters at her work place tonight and I purchased them from her! Out of the 15 Bicentennial Quarters, 4 have doubling on the Dates, 1 has Strike Doubling on "WE" of "IN GOD WE TRUST" and a strong Die Crack and 1 also has a fairly strong Die Crack.


The Other, Other frank

 

Wow, i still haven't found any. I got to look through a few change jars tonight. I found a few wheaties, a silver dime (1964), a few pre-1960 nickels and a bunch of quarters from 65-69, but no '76 drummer boy quarters.

I don't know why i don't see them. I ALWAYS check my change, but can in all honesty say I have not seen one in circulation in about 10 years.

 

I see them often enoungh that it's no big deal.

 

I still see them from time to time, although the occurence is way down over the last few years. Although I know they're not numismatically valuable, I pull them simply because they're different. Just from my regular commercial transactions, I've accumulated 11 or 12 rolls in the last 10 years.

 

I run across them every couple months or so in change. Sometimes I'll pick them out if they are nicer looking...I know they won't have much value but I love the reverse design.

One thing I never seem to see is silver quarters and dimes in circulation. I have been collecting on and off for about a decade now and I think I have only pulled a couple from my change...and I always check.

 

My father's business has a coin-op laundry, and he takes every bicentennial quarter out and throws it into a big plastic bucket. He probably has several hundred dollars worth. It is funny to watch how happy he gets when he finds one. I know they probably will never be truly valuable, but I keep them too. I get them pretty regularly and have maybe 2 rolls of them in tubes.

 

It must be because the people around Boston are a bunch of hoarders Mike, I don't seem to see too many of them either. Go Bruins.