Question? How much is a full state quarter coin set worth?

I assume you're talking about OBW rolls? If not, and simple hand-wrapped, then yes... You're liked looking at face, or at least a premium not likely worthy of the time and effort needed to get it. However, if OBW, you may be able to find someone willing to pay enough to be worth the extra effort, either as a lot or dumping them individually.

 

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If they are original bank wrapped rolls (meaning, all the coins are uncirculated and they have never been opened) then they will be worth a small premium (but not much). I think you could order rolls directly from the mint as well, and if you have these they may be worth a tiny bit more, but again - not much.

Some of the rolls are scarcer than others and will bring a larger premium. You can look here to get an idea. Keep in mind, these are full retail prices (what you would expect to pay if you bought them from a dealer). If you are trying to sell them, expect to get much less than this (the dealer has to make a profit, of course): http://coins.about.com/od/uscoinval...f-Columbia-and-US-Territories-Roll-Values.htm

 

Current bid is arnd $1300.

Most of these rolls aren't worth the cost of shipping time. It would be wise to ship only the more valuable rolls to shipping costs.

 

A $300 premium over face is higher than I would have expected actually. I have a feeling that there are tons of these rolls out there that will flood the market.

 

I don't know but I do sense some of the later dates are less common than people percieve. None are scarce but interest trailed off over the life of the program so casual saving dried up as well as the number of coins that went into collections.

If I had a set of these to dispose of I'd ship the high value coins and set aside a few choice rolls of later dates. Most of the rolls I'd check for Gems and varieties and just spend the balance. You could easily recoup your $1000 and have twenty rolls of better dates, Gems, and varieties to save in the event a better market ever developes.

These coins are common so the only thing that's going to have much impact is higher demand. By the same token though these are young markets and nobody really knows what the tougher coins are. I wouldn't suggest "investing" in these or any coin but if you want to collect Gems you'll find the best specimens in mint sets up until '05. Coins after this will never be common in nice Gem.

I like the states coins a lot as a collection and as a set. They're fun and it's the one coin in circulation that has widespread interest. Of course the public is "interested" in the bicentennial quarter but there's little real collecting of it. There are lots of real collectors for the states, territories, and parks coins.