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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2765193, member: 68&quot;]The best bet is to get an inexpensive folder and save the nicest one you can find of each date.&nbsp; Don&#039;t just look for lack of wear but nice well made coins.&nbsp; You can still put together a set in solid VF or better but in just a few years this won&#039;t be possible any longer because there are forces working against you.&nbsp; Chiefly these coins are wearing out but every year more new coins are issued diluting the incidence of the old coins.&nbsp; Collectors are starting to notice the dearth of nice older coins and remove them.&nbsp; It appears the FED is also removing old coins because they are often too thin or are culls.&nbsp; Older coins are slightly more likely to be lost and the thinner they get the more this difference increases.</p><p><br /></p><p>The velocity of quarters is decreasing but the rate at which they suffer attrition is increasing as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the later dates are still seen in AU-53 but early dates like a nice well made &#039;71 or &#039;69 are few and far between.&nbsp; Such coins virtually don&#039;t exist at all any longer.&nbsp; You can&#039;t just take an uncirculated but ugly and poorly made 1971 quarter and turn it into a beautiful AU because it would still be ugly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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