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Message:: [QUOTE="tribby, post: 706659, member: 20736"]Cleaning out my coin closet I ran across an Oct 1999 Greysheet which is a nice 10 year time capsule for comparing prices. For grins I thought I'd do a comparision of Washington Quarters, since that is one of the series that I collect. I have all but the coins in this series, but lack 32-D, 32-S, 34-D, 35-D, 36-D and 40-D in PCGS MS-65. I have those dates in some lesser grade or non-PCGS... Some numbers from this very unscientific study reveals a few interesting stats: Over the past 10 years the "common" quarters (1941 and up) are basically flat (down 1%)... If you include the "common" pre-1941 dates they were up 18.3% due to increases in the prices for those in the 30's (obviously). The semi-keys for MS-65 (this is my personal definition for semi-keys): 32, 34-D, 35-D, 35-S, 36-D, 36-S, 37-S, 39-S and 40-d... I know a lot of purist will jump all over this "semi-key" list, but for MS-65 I use this list... Anyway, this list increased by $1,388 --- more than 50%... The two key dates (32-D and 32-S) have increased from $7,500 to $16,100 for both coins in MS-65, representing a 115% gain... The change in price, both $ and %) is typical to what many of the graybeards on Cointalk advise... Go for the scarcer dates in the best condition you can afford - the common dates are always available at "reasonable" prices..... In the lower table: Green represents price increases > 100% and yellow represents > 45%....[/QUOTE]