1964 Quarters

Hey there coin goers!! I’m not a coin guy but I came across some 1964 quarters and I was hoping to pick your brains and help me figure out if I’ve got something cool or just another quarter. Of all things I was at a bar and asked for quarters for the pool table and when she handed them to me, I knew they weren’t your everyday quarter. So I got more change immediately and ended up with 20 1964 quarters. All that being said, can anyone help me out!?! Thanks in advance!!

 

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Welcome to CoinTalk! Thats a great find you've got there.

Until 1965, the US Mint made quarters and dimes out of a mix of 90% silver and 10% copper. After 1964, the Mint switched to the cupro-nickel alloy that is still in use today.

Any quarters dated before 1965 contain silver and are worth more because silver has since become a valuable metal. Go back to the bar and see if they have any more old quarters

Each one of those quarters is worth around $3 so the lot would be worth about $60 total.

 

1964 quarters are made of .900 fine silver and are worth about $2.70 in terms of silver content as of today.

 

Thank you for your quick reply! Also for the information! So I did a little research, with limited success so that’s why I reached out to the pros!! So my next question is there any value to the coin other than the silver values? Meaning the actual coin, like where it was made and or condition?

 

Probably not. Even proofs are worth not much of a premium. Your $5 of 20 silver quarters is worth about $53. Not a bad $48 profit.

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Take the face value of anything 90% silver and multiply times .715 to get the amount of silver. Then multiply that by the day's price of silver.

 

Welcome Rob. You may have been a beneficiary of the Great American Coin Hunt. Dealers all across the country are dumping collectible coins into circulation this month although the official kick off isn’t until April 21st. My guy tells me dealers are putting old stuff out into circulation all month though........ Something special about the ring of silver isn’t it? No, nothing spectacular about 64 other than it was the last year for silver coinage. And you made about ten times your investment! Way cool find.

 

The 1964-D has a rare C reverse. It's subtle, but try looking for that.

 

None of them have a D on them which from my short bit of research means they were all made in Philadelphia? So I assume this won’t apply to me unfortunately?

 

Yes Philly. Unless there is one in ridiculous condition, they are worth silver value.
$2.70 each.

 

Correct. All US coins made without a mint mark (D, S, W, CC, C) are from Philadelphia. Some later Philadelphia coins have a P mint mark but for the most part they have none.