1965-1998 Clad Quarters Share us your collection and why

That's wonderful. I was going to suggest you needed reading glasses until I saw you also had rolls.

The numbers look pretty good so I might add them in to my own.

I can't imagine where you live that you'd get "9" Philly and only "1" Denver '69's.

Perhaps you ran into someone dumping the '69 Philly.

 

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D'oh!

 

That year 1969 surely is hard to come buy. The 1970-1979 is also hard to come by. I don't have lots of rolls of those years either.

 

1965,1966,1967 saved from circulation.

 

1970s saved from circulation forever..

 

1980s rescued from circulation forever..

 

1990s rescued from circulation.

Happy collecting

 

Updated Inventory:
Total coins: 2,622
Next Goal: 3,000

Happy collecting

 

Quick trip to the laundrymat. Not a lot.

 

Perhaps I should amend my prediction about the eagle reverse quarters still being 7 or 8% of the quarters in ten years. I just got another sample and it is 63.8% later issues!! It's not just that this percentage is increasing so rapidly but that it's mostly culls and common dates of the older quarters left. A few years ago about 30% were culls and now it's up close to 40%. This implies collectors are removing better dates and nicer grades. Throw in the "anecdotal" reports of collectors pulling everything old and it seems we can get down to that 7 or 8% area much sooner than ten years.

I kindda hate seeing these coins getting picked over and removed. I had the sandbox to myself for a long time and now I have to share it with everybody. By the same token it's great to see these coins finally being collected and preserved for future generations.

The surviving grade distribution on most of these coins will be very interesting. There won't be "any" of some like AU '69-P and precious few XF's. Even VF's of tougher dates will be elusive. Then there will be issues like the '83-P with millions and millions of AU's and very few BU's. This date will be tough only in BU and in low grade.

The prices of circs in a few year will surprise people.

 

Perhaps I should mention that a sample at 63.8% probably implies that only about 61 or 62% are actually extent at this time. This is because actively circulating coins tend to be "newer" than the coins sitting in jars and drawers. The overhang has been accumulating for a few years so if everything could stabilize there would be fewer than 63.8% actively circulating in a few years as the old hoards got mixed back in.

About 62% of all quarters are the new ones and about 64% of actively circulating quarters are post-1998.

 

I will still collect them all and as much as I can. As far as the new quarters, I will just purchase more from the US Mint. I can tell that the rolls and bags from the US Mint are going fast as more orders comes from the Federal Reserve Bank and then distributes them to their member banks.

 

Few finds from CVS. Rescued forever..

 

Rescued from circulation forever. Looks like I just completed a roll of 1967.. Whew this took me a while.

 

Another rescue from the 70s. They are going bye bye..

 

Lucky 1980s. Out of circulation forever.

 

1990s rescued from circulation.

 

1960s rescued forever. Late trip to my sisters shop.

 

1970s. going dark forever..

 

1980s rescued from circulation