I have 47 of these. I was told by Mountain Man. To check for these on a older thread. I got 3 rolls from the bank and almost half of them look like this. Are they worth keeping? maybe a $1 in value?
They are very common and only worth 25 cents. There are certain errors that you can find on some though.
If the drum isn't fully struck they would be worth a quarter especially circulated, its worth checking because you never know. It's pretty rare to find the drum is fully struck even on uncirculated. They didn't come out well and the vast majority of them had design weakness there.
I'm surprised reading that. I come across this year of quarter quite often and the drums are, for them most part, all in good condition in that area. I actually look at that specific area of the drum when assessing the amount of circulation wear & tear on the coin. I've not come across a bicentennial quarter that was in excellent condition and also had that particular area of the drum missing. The only one's I come across that are missing that part of the drum is from circulation wear & tear, as is the same with the rest of the coin.
Last time I checked NGC had 3 P and 4 D in MS68, PCGS had 126 MS67s Ps, and 9 MS68s Ds. NGC don't have the pictures like PCGS has, but if you get a chance take a look at them on PCGS, youd be surprised on the drum. Very few have full drums in the top pops of P or D, and the ones that do have other minor issues that keep them out of grading higher than they do. the drum begin fully struck isn't a requirement for top pop I assume, but its definitely got to be holding them back from grading even higher than they do without it. there's some stunners in both cases of course, weakness in the drum or full drum, but theres MS68s and 67s all the way down to AU missing the ribs of the drum in that location so it was a die issue and as struck and not wear doing it. I'd assume those examples that are top pop were pulled from mint sets also and not circulation which would have been even worse. those coins with the full drum on PCGS, I say "wow, that's impressive!" every time. Just my observation and experience with it, both P+D have this weakness from the strike in high frequency like the vast majority. I'm a fan of the bicentennial quarters, not a hoarder or anything like that, it's not all I collect (hahaha). i feel like out there, there's a really clean bicentennial sitting in a mint set somewhere in the dark, with a full drum and just a stunner and possibly a MS69 5 figure coin, just waiting to be found.
Interesting thread. It is not something I knew about or paid any attention to. I only have 4 circ but they are like you said
yes it is! the proofs from what I've seen were all struck nicely though they took their time on them, the circulation strikes they cranked out non-stop for like 2 years.
I've got a hand-full of them that I can post pix of when I get the opportunity. The drum area on each of them are in very good condition. I found the one in my avatar from a carwash quarter change machine a few years ago. Drum area is perfect. I'll post up the hand-full of bicentennial quarters I've set aside over the last few years that I got in my change that were in good shape, circulated yes, but never the less in good shape.
Yes, got it when I put a few dollars in the quarter machine at the carwash. So it only cost me a quarter . The hand-full of bicentennials I set aside over a year or so from my pocket change are just the run of the mill quarters and I'll take pix of them and post them up here later on. None of them have damage to the drum area.
ya know, all this time,,,, I had no idea... until this discussion got me digging into these bicentennials. http://www.varietyvista.com/09b WQ Vol 2/DDO Detail Pages/1976DDDO001.htm 1976 D, DDO FS-101. class V, pivoted hub doubling, NICE! Must be hard to come by PCGS has it at like $37 in F12 and $750 in MS60. I learn something new every day. this one isn't in the redbook. hahaa
The circulated examples in this thread show lots of circulation wear & tear on both sides and on all of the surface areas of the coins. The first place such damage occurs is in the high points of the coin (drum, face, hands, on the reverse, just to name a few). I've not yet seen an example where there is very little to no circulation wear & tear on the coin but the drum area is worn out.
Here's one I got in my change over the course of about a year or so ago. I kept it only because I have a hard time understanding what could have happened to it to make it this way. Like it was crushed under pressurized fluid (hydraulic) or something. It's the same exact weight and diameter/circumference as an undamaged bicentennial quarter, but just all the high points are flattened into the coin.
Here’s the handful of bicentennial quarters that I got in my change. I get one on average every week or two. These are the ones I put aside because of their fair condition.
