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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 775751, member: 68"]There are lots of cases where even nice serviceable specimens can be elusive. I know you're well aware of the cents that are tough but most non-collectors have no idea how tough some of these coins can be. The two that leap to mind are the '69 quarter and the '82-P quarter. The former was in mint sets so one would expect nice attractive BU coins to be easy. But most of the coins in mint sets look like they were run over by a bus. The coins made for circulation were so unattractive that almost no one set aside rolls. This roll sells for only about $80 but that's because no one wants to pay a large premium for ugly coins. These rolls really don't trade hands anyway since there were too few set aside to create a real market. For practical purposes the $80 price is for rolls from mint sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>The '82-P quarter was much better made on average but somehow every coin seems to have one serious problem or another. The dies were used only a little too long but alignmentsa are bad, pressure is low, and scratching is typical. Couple this with the fact there were no mint sets and a very few coins set aside and finding one of these in true BU is really pretty tough. True gems with solid strikes are elusive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 775751, member: 68"]There are lots of cases where even nice serviceable specimens can be elusive. I know you're well aware of the cents that are tough but most non-collectors have no idea how tough some of these coins can be. The two that leap to mind are the '69 quarter and the '82-P quarter. The former was in mint sets so one would expect nice attractive BU coins to be easy. But most of the coins in mint sets look like they were run over by a bus. The coins made for circulation were so unattractive that almost no one set aside rolls. This roll sells for only about $80 but that's because no one wants to pay a large premium for ugly coins. These rolls really don't trade hands anyway since there were too few set aside to create a real market. For practical purposes the $80 price is for rolls from mint sets. The '82-P quarter was much better made on average but somehow every coin seems to have one serious problem or another. The dies were used only a little too long but alignmentsa are bad, pressure is low, and scratching is typical. Couple this with the fact there were no mint sets and a very few coins set aside and finding one of these in true BU is really pretty tough. True gems with solid strikes are elusive.[/QUOTE]
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