Here are my latest cherry picks from the local junk silver boxes. I paid 13X face for both. I also got a couple of BU 1953-S Washington Quarters, a 1958 Type B and an impaired 1959 Proof Washington Quarter.
Last visit to my lcs in Denver, I got a 63 and a 64 type b quarter. No luck yet on a 64-d type C, but still looking.
Wow. I'm not up on Kennedy varieties, but somebody at the shop was getting really sloppy to let that 38-D through. Good finds!
The dealers just don't have the time to go thru the junk silver. They presume that they have already been checked. That said, last year at a metal detecting hunt, I pulled a 1921 D merc out of the planted coins. Sure it was VF to F, and ugly, dirty and a small scratch, but I'll take it!
Thanks everyone! I find the thrill of the hunt the best part. It helps you work on your poker face as well. The two half dollars came from two separate shops. Both of which specialize in bullion. Although they both try to sell key date coins as well. The 1938-D I was very shocked to find. Mostly because he also had several halves in 2x2's. But he bought them that way. My guess is unless the seller points out a key or semi key date coin, he just buy's them as bullion and throws them into the box the way he buys them. I know I would have freaked out had he had a 21 in there. But the hunt is what is fun. @coloradobryan I'm keeping my eye out for a type C '64-D as well. I have another shop I need to go visit again that had tons of silver quarters. I had pulled a '63 type B from that bin recently as well as an extremely high grade '62. But while I was going through the bin, I did not know what to look for on the type C and did not realize the type B's went back to 1956.
The same hub used for the 64-d type c, is known as rdv-003, and is found on 65 and 67 clad quarters, but only a few of them. It has a small serif on the N of Unum, and no line between the inside edge of the left wing and the field. It also has a well defined leaf in front of the arrow bundles and center lines in the tail feathers. Another type to look for is the B like type H found on some 1968 proofs, and all proofs from 69-72, also found on very few 1969-d- 1972-d business strikes.
The quarters from 65 to 72 are rich with varieties, from six different hubs. Type B quarters are common compared to the type H Denver quarters from 69-72, so break out the 69-72 proof sets to see what a type H reverse looks like.
