1965-1998 Clad Quarters Share us your collection and why

I opened the 1st bag of 40 mixed P and D 1980 Washington Quarters. From Mint Sets. All perfect.

All will be stowed away for the next 30 years.

 

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Way cool!

It might sound like a lot of work but I strongly suggest you remove these from the packaging and soak the coins in 91% alcohol or acetone for a couple days. The 1980 mint set packaging is not stable and I can almost promise the coins will be ruined if the PVC isn't removed from them.

This probably applies to most roll coins too since the vast majority of rolls are made up of mint set coins. Once they are removed from the packaging they are more stable but still not good for the long haul.

 

Yes I already removed them and rolled them all. All are sealed in Food Saver bags. Thank you.

 

Another roll of 1980 P from Mint sets.

Sealed forever in food saver bags.

 

YTD Inv:
Circulated Washinton : 4440
Goal: 6,000
Uncirculated: 280
Goal: 400

Circulated:
State: 7
ATB: 8

 

Wait, The mint set plastic is PVC!!?? Why is this the first time I have heard this? Still learning I guess.... what about the 60's- '70's mint plastic?

 

I have a hard time passing by BU rolls of Washington quarters at coin shows. I best stay away from that website.

 

The same issue. Check my next post

 

All sealed in food saver bags. Going to be hidden for the next 30 years.

 

I have a set of coins from the carribean that bought in 1985 and they haven't toned at all in food saver bags. Its in another post.

 

There's just no interest in moderns and there's no interest in the fact that they are all corroding so the coin papers and magazines aren't printing it. Indeed, Numismatic News (Allen Herbert) used to specifically recommend that the coins be saved in the mint set plastic.

It should be assumed all dates are bad but the worst in order are;
1968
1970
1971
1969
1974
1975
1977
1976
1978
1979
1965
1980
1972
1981
1973
1984

Other dates are highly suspect but are probably almost stable. I would suggest stabilizing all coins from these sets in 91% alcohol or acetone and using a different medium for storage.

Well stored 1965 sets aren't too bad but badly stored sets are. 1984 sets are worst for cents.

The plastic on the '68 to 81 sets are four layers with thin PVC layers on the inside next to the coin. I believe these were to help seal the pliofilm.

 

Umm.. is that all BU coins you put in that bag?

 

Have you had any luck accumulating the 1982 and 1983
quarters in B.U.? No mint sets those years.

 

Those are selling for roughly $70.00 a Souvenir set.

 

I have been keeping an album of these since I was a kid (more than 50 years) so I collected those years in those years. I recently picked up a second empty album. (I think prompted by the current album running out of room for 2019 additions.) Though I would start searching change and rolls for a second set.
Of course, since I'm on the west coast, finding all the P mint is a bit more challenging, but I enjoy the thrill of the find when one comes along.
happy hunting

 

oh, and way back in 1977 I put aside several rolls of 1 cents. they were all selected at the time for decent grade. you won't find rolls of that quality around very often. Still not worth a whole lot but ... they are still in the closet.

 

There sure aren't many collections like this out there. On the rare occasion they'd come into a coin shop the proprietor would invariably tell the owners that the coins should just be spent. I imagine they usually were.

Finding nice '82 and '83 Philly issues was tough even on the east coast (and NW IN). I found lots of Uncs and a few BU's but almost nothing at all with good strikes and clean. I got three real nice booming '82-P's at the license bureau in September and went straight across the street to their bank and got a bag. There were some really nice coins in it but, unfortunately, I spent almost all of them. I saved the nicest two or three coins of each die pair and a bunch of the nicest coins of the best couple die pairs.

People don't realize how scarce nice clads are because few collect them and the grading services overgrade them.

 

Just all circulated Washington Quarters.

 

another one is quarters missing the reeding on the edge/side of the coin. very few collectors look for that but there are more than you may think. There are ones with just weak strike and ones with no reed at all. I started one for JFK clad halves but set it aside long before it was finished. may just start one for quarters.... (ponders)

 

I found one with a misaligned collar strike last year.