A friend told me to keep the above mentioned quarters with p & d mint marks as there may be some value to them. I am brand new to saving coins, as i picked up this "habit" when I started metal detecting. I must agree that it is fun to do. Any truth to saving above mentioned coins. I found the 1943 walking liberty 1/2 dollar in my own backyard 9" down while learning how to run my metal detector. I am hooked bad. (good)
Welcome to the hobby. The 1982 and 83 coins have an interesting background as neither year’s coins were available to collectors in Mint Sets, (a primary source of uncirculated coins from over 20 years ago), because no Mint Sets were made during those 2 years. That said, unless coins of these two years are strictly uncirculated and relatively high grade, they are just common pocket change and not worth saving for any reason. I’m glad that you’re hooked, now let me give you some simple advice: the people who do well in this venture are the ones with knowledge. In fact, many times I have offered that even when one expert is dealing with another, the one who knows the most about the coins they are talking about almost always comes out on the better end. So read, research, and make mistakes, but always as an end product learn about the coins that interest you, and try to become as knowledgeable as you can. This is what separates the winners from the losers in the coin world
It's always a great day when you can find a Walker for free! As for your question about 82 and 83 quarters, there were no mint sets produced those two years. Mint sets are a primary source for high quality strikes of uncirculated specimens. Because of this, well-struck uncirculateds of these two dates command a premium today as there simply are not too many of them around. On the other hand, circulated 82 and 83 quarters are only worth face value. Some people hold on to high-grade circulated examples of these two dates. This same general rule of thumb applies to all five denominations for those two years but its with quarters where the highest premiums are seen for uncirculated examples. [edit: looks like Mike was answering this question at the same exact time I was]
I picked up this pretty 83! I’ve found some nice ones in rolls. Nothing this nice but you never know what’s out there!
I'll third the motion of the above posts. They do not garner any value unless in Mint state condition. (MS62 or higher) The 83's will have more value than the 82's.
Check out eBay. The price guides are all wrong on these and AU's routinely sell for $5 to $15. The '83-P is worth $13.75 in MS-60 wholesale. Nice choice examples without much marking are tough. Nice well struck '82-P's are scarce. Even in nice XF these are keepers.
Yes.. Metal Detecting is good! So good I started my own Metal Detecting Club I'm the guy wearing the Cross pendant
I only have these. Want to find another 83 P. Don't care for the nick on the neck, at least not in this set.
Wow!!! These are spectacular. The '82-D especially but the '82-P is among the finest as well. Did you buy them slabbed?
Hi paddyman. I notice a few Garretts in the picture. I have a ace 400 with a ditech coil. I am truly enjoying this "habit" I have done the beach once with no finds. My friend and I do mostly property's that we ask permission to detect on. Lots of fun.
Good for you, but 2 people in the picture are wearing a cross Pendant. I guess your on the right side. Am I correct? Do I win.
These have never been slabbed. I have put together a near complete set from '32 to '98, including all proofs and later silvers. My goal when I started was to try and put together the best raw set that was possible. I hate looking at coins through plastic and have a good enough eye to not have to have someone else tell me what the grade is. Nearly all have never been slabbed but, when I got into the very early years of the series, the harder it was to find a decent coin that wasn't slabbed, especially the proofs. But they are out there, just takes forever for one of them to show up somewhere. The few that I did acquire slabbed, were set free not long after they hit the mail box.
Very impressive. Most collectors just don't see enough of these to cherry pick such Gems. The '82-D is the only one that is typically found nice but yours is much nicer than typical. The '82-P appears to be in the top 1 or 2% as well. The '83-D is quite nice. The only one that isn't great is the '83-P but it's still obviously much nicer than typical (about 80th %ile). The '83-P posted by BigTee44 is nice as well. I never was able to find a nice '83-P back in '83. I looked at a lot of coins but they were all scratched up. In fact I still don't have a really nice well struck Gem for this date.
I finally pulled the trigger and sent one of my nicer 83-Ps to NGC. I will post it when it comes back.
