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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1441986, member: 4381"]<a href="http://www.coinweek.com/coin-guide/on-collecting-bicentennial-quarters-risks-and-rewards/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/coin-guide/on-collecting-bicentennial-quarters-risks-and-rewards/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/coin-guide/on-collecting-bicentennial-quarters-risks-and-rewards/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>By Charles Morgan with Hubert Walker</p><p>CoinWeek content Contributor</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Overview:</p><p><br /></p><p>As a child of the ‘80s, I was always fond of the Bicentennial quarter. It still turns up in pocket change once in a while, and roll hunters can run across more than a few when poring over bank boxes. Most circulating specimens survive in F to XF, with AU pieces popping up from time to time- no doubt hoarded coins that found their way back into circulation after all these years. As for surviving mint-state coins, who knows? More than 1.6 billion Philly and Denver business strikes were minted in the Bicentennial quarter’s two year run[1]. It’s possible that tens of millions are still being hoarded, not to mention the fact that this is the type of low-cost numismatic product that every coin dealer across the country has in stock.</p><p><br /></p><p>....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1441986, member: 4381"][url]http://www.coinweek.com/coin-guide/on-collecting-bicentennial-quarters-risks-and-rewards/[/url] By Charles Morgan with Hubert Walker CoinWeek content Contributor Coin Overview: As a child of the ‘80s, I was always fond of the Bicentennial quarter. It still turns up in pocket change once in a while, and roll hunters can run across more than a few when poring over bank boxes. Most circulating specimens survive in F to XF, with AU pieces popping up from time to time- no doubt hoarded coins that found their way back into circulation after all these years. As for surviving mint-state coins, who knows? More than 1.6 billion Philly and Denver business strikes were minted in the Bicentennial quarter’s two year run[1]. It’s possible that tens of millions are still being hoarded, not to mention the fact that this is the type of low-cost numismatic product that every coin dealer across the country has in stock. ....[/QUOTE]
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