Is a 1955 D Washington Quarter a Key or Semi Key Date??? I just bought a BU for 5.11, is that too much? What grade would you give it? Thanks
I'll say, sweet deal! That is one attractive coin! I'll give him a MS-64, maybe a MS-65. Pretty sweet coin no doubt, and I could be wrong. My book says $3.25 for MS-60, and $45 for MS-65, so I think you did pretty decent. Phoenix
Before you buy that many more coins---research might be the best thing. If you don't already have a Red Book you need one. That will help with most of the questions on if a coin is a harder date or not.....pricing can be had by doing ended auction searches---through Ebay and Heritage and Teletrade you can normally get the going price for a coin. And grading: ANA Grading Guide, and Photograde are two books you NEED to buy. Speedy
not a key or semikey (many were saved). These have always been available in rolls. $5 is ok for that coin though. The 1949 and 1949 d could be called semikeys from that time frame. Maybe some of the s mintmarks from the early 1950's?
I would say that it may go an MS-65 and Coin Values lists the value at $68! The bad thing is that you can never get that kind of money for them but I could see it bringing $30. It could bring quite a bit more if it were graded and in a PCGS holder but the coin grades in a realm that is probably not cost effective to pay the fees for the grading. In any case, it is a really nice coin and congrats on the purchase! Frank
You could say that the coin is a sleeper! The demand just hasn't exceeded the supply but more than likely will some day. When that happens, then the value of high grade specimens such as yours' will soar. In other words, put it away and 5 to 10 years or more from now, the coin should have some real value! Frank
If it was Lincoln or a nickel with that mintage, it would probably fetch a good sum in that condition. Phoenix
that is probably why so many were saved (Like the 1950 d nickel). I used to get rolls of these at a small premium over common dates. The 1942 s has a larger mintage but look how high that one goes for (no one saved them).
Okay thank you all, and I looked it up 3 times, there were only [FONT=Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]3,182,400. Thanks again for all your help! [/FONT][/FONT]
I disagree! As more people get into collecting, Collectors finish other collections and look for other Series to collect, eventually folks will want to collect the Washington Quarter Series...especially the 1932 to 1964 Silver coinage. Since these as well as the Jefferson Nickel and Roosevelt Dime Series are still cheap enough to collect, it is just a matter of time before Collectors turn to collecting them. This will be especially true when the other Series of coins, become too pricey for most folks to collect. Once that happens and I am sure that it will, the supply will eventually fall behind the demand and the prices of coins like the 1955-D Washington Quarter will go up. Frank
I personally have seem many many rolls of these. People put this coin away like crazy. I could be wrong (maybe they will get melted) but they are as common as any date from the 60's.
