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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 1855052, member: 53226&quot;]The bicentennial quarter was always kind of special for me because I was 1 when they began minting them and I saw them in change a lot when I was a kid.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I collect them, for the nostalgic value.&nbsp; Good thing I do save them, because I found this gem: a business strike 40% silver 1976-S quarter.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t have even noticed it if I didn&#039;t collect every bicentennial quarter that I find.&nbsp; At first I thought it was just a regular old bicey, but I took a second look at it and noticed that it was duller than normal and there was no copper layer sandwich like regular quarters.&nbsp; The 1976-S quarter was released in cupronickel clad, 40% silver clad business strike, and 40% silver proof.&nbsp; They were only available to collectors and were not released for circulation.&nbsp; These are the only 40% silver quarters ever minted by the US mint.&nbsp; This is not a particularly rare coin - you can buy them in uncirculated condition for less than $7 - but has to be extremely rare in circulated condition because they were never intended to circulate and any that ended up in circulation were freed from collector sets and spent.&nbsp; It&#039;s definitely one of my favorite circulation finds.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_20131123_014740_zps7f9741a5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_20131123_014811_zps8d9b43c4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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