Came across this quarter I'd never seen. It has no specific date it just says 1776 to 1976. I also cannot find a mint. I've looked from all different angles with all different angles of light. I don't know if it's just not there or if it's too worn to see. Decided to grab it because it looks rare. Any questions feel free to ask. Here's pictures:
All quarters, halves and Eisenhower dollars minted in 1975 and 1976 were dated this way in observance of the US Bicentennial. They also had special reverse designs, different for each denomination. Mintages for these were very high, but a lot of them got saved out of circulation. I still see them occasionally. The halves and Ikes show up pretty frequently, although of course neither denomination circulates much any more, but the quarters are still a bit unusual to find in circulation.
No it's worth just about 25cents. It only gains value if it is uncirculated or in some cases, a coin can be found in circulation and if minimal wear, can also have value. Being as how it has wear, it's worth 25cents.
It's pretty amazing to see how many people have never seen these quarters before and don't even know of their existence. As Charlie just said, it's only worth more than face value if it's in uncirculated/mint state condition. Even those are not very valuable. There were too many minted and stashed away to make it high value any time soon. If you like this coin and its design, you may want to consider buying the silver variety they made for collectors. They made them in business strike as well as proof. The mintage figures are much much lower on these.
Okay so it would be worth something if I hadn't found it in circulation. Interesting, that so many people have never seen it before. Anyway thank you for your help guys!
Hello Jack. I asked you in your first thread about the 5 coins you purchased for $1.00 what country do you live in. I believe that you are outside of the United States and are collecting world coins. Would this be the case? In your first thread you wanted to know the value of the Sacagawea Dollar and Kennedy Half Dollar which are both normal circulating coins such as this Bicentennial quarter you have shown now.
you can get this entire bicentennial uncirculated mint set off ebay for like 10 bucks.. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...975+mint+set.TRS0&_nkw=1975+mint+set&_sacat=0
Just wait. In 20 years when the kids start seeing state quarters for the first time, we're going to get a hundred questions a day about these "rare" Connecticut quarters.
I wonder. They made over 1.6 billion Bicentennial quarters for circulation, but I see them a lot less frequently than even the Territories quarters (which all, except for DC and PR, had mintages under 100 million).
Sounds confusing but you can find one in circulation that is in "uncirculated" condition (that would really be rare though). Think of uncirculated condition as mint state. Meaning it doesn't show signs of wear. Whether it was actually in circulation or not doesn't matter.
mostly people born from the 1980's to date and non collectors, last box of quarters i searched i probly found almost 2 rolls of these quarters....
I get them in change from time to time. Over the years, people picked them out and saved them because they were unusual, and people thought they might be worth something.
