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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 2080154, member: 11854&quot;]It seems as though we have had a number of guess the grade threads recently that have featured Washington quarters (WQs).&nbsp; Guessing the grade of a mint state coin from images can be quite a bit like playing darts when you aren&#039;t that skilled at darts.&nbsp; Sometimes you hit your mark, sometimes you don&#039;t; and sometimes the images might even be useful.&nbsp; These recent threads, and the recent white winter we have been having in New England, have led me to decide to post some truly colorful coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting and/or dealing coins for many years and my first great love in numismatics, once I figured a few things out, was with mint state WQs.&nbsp; Initially, it was a quest to find white or lightly toned gems that would be placed into the translucent blue Capital Plastics holders that were broken up into two frames for 1932-1947 and 1948-1964, or thereabouts.&nbsp; I broke quite a few old green holder (OGH) coins out for those sets, but of course they weren&#039;t OGHs at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later, that white set of gems departed and I scanned the bourse for any wonderfully toned gem WQs.&nbsp; In the mid-and late-1990s these could be found with some frequency and often they carried relatively little premium.&nbsp; The premium might have been large as a percentage of price, but was actually fairly small in terms of actual increased dollars to acquire.&nbsp; I bought and sold, bought and sold like you might wash your hair; lather, rinse, repeat.&nbsp; However, by the new millennia, that relatively shallow pool of exquisitely toned WQs just waiting to be purchased had dried up and within a few years after that the prices rose something fierce.&nbsp; Those prices might not be today as uniformly as high as they were 10-15 years ago, but the best coins still cost a stiff sum...and they aren&#039;t found all that often.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, in honor of the recent threads and the recent snow, here is a bit of WQ color overload for anyone willing to take the time to open this thread.&nbsp; The following pieces have all eventually made their way to PCGS and CAC, and the names I have given to the files will disclose the PCGS opinion on them.&nbsp; I won&#039;t bother at this time to post the grades, but folks can feel free to ask about any coin that think is somehow interesting.&nbsp; The great majority of these were purchased raw in the 1990s.&nbsp; Lastly, I may have posted images of many of these previously, but do not recall if I have and do not remember making a thread about them.&nbsp; If this is an annoying repeat then please excuse me in advance.&nbsp; The posts will be made in groups of seven coins each.&nbsp; Enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1932P65.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1939P65.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1940P67.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1946SP66.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1947DP66A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1947DP66B.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/23/239107/TBJRH1949P65.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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