I just found this full roll of 40 Bi-Centennial Clad (P) Washington Quarters from 1976. My Dad had gotten them from a local bank in 1976 and just put them on the side. (He has since passed away.) I opened the top of the roll this evening and pulled the first 3 out to verify the mint mark and get a better look at them- all three have toning and look in MS condition. I'm thinking that each coin in this roll looks like these first three. Opinions on grade would be appreciated. Thanks.
I don't think those bi-cen quaters are very popular right now. Do a search on ebay, that should give you a good idea of how much they are going for these days. I think these coins were hoarded when they first came out, so supply is plentiful.
Wholesale it's a $16 roll in unc and $14 in circulated condition. Buyers are not very active at the current time apparently. I would be inclined to go through and pull out any nice specimens and spend the rest unless it has sentimental value to you. These rolls can be quite attractive on rare occassion and there's a valuable DDO for the Denver issue but typical coins are exceedingly common and will remain so for decades. GeM Phillys sell for prices up to a couple thousand dollars but most of these come from thr '76 mint set and a few from the '75 set. Very few if any are from rolls. This issue is greatly underappreciated since it's a one year type coin and most collectors need it and don't have it. Gems are not extremely common but uncs are so common most collectors don't even bother to look for them at all.
Bad item to hold this long. I think all the state quarters will be just like this in 25-30 years, unless the metal itself goes way up.
