Can anyone tell me about this coin and if it holds any value?

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It’s a 1977

 

spend it

 

It's not worthless.
It's worth 25 cents.

If you always hold it you'll never be broke. Although it's lead a hard life all worn and banged up and such.

 

It looks damaged.

 

Totally damaged but worth face value. Don't use it in a vending machine or a parking meter. Welcome to CT.

 

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Is there anyone here who collects severely damaged coins? If so, he/she should send me a PM and I would gladly pass it on for a SASE. I found a NC state quarter in the Coinstar reject bin yesterday that is almost unrecognizable as such. In fact, if someone started a thread on the most damaged coins found this one would probably win.

 

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Is that coin of any value ??? Are you being serious ???

 

My bad.

 

It is usually best to get rid of those coins as tips, give them to a teller to swap out at a bank, etc. Most coinstars and bank counting machines reject damaged coins.

 

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I thought it might have been this thread, but, no, it isn't.

Someone wrote informatively in a thread of some of the later clad quarters that are actually worth more than face value. At the time I wasn't thinking of these sorts of things, but since the first clad quarters are now 50+ years old, maybe they are worth a second look. My wife got a pristine 1965 in change the other day, but since I don't know much about them I thought I'd ask.

 

An abused quarter.

 

Did a little research on this and came up with a thread about clad quarters on the NGC chat board. The thread has over 200 posts beginning last 6 Jan. There is a lot of contradictory information regarding clad quarters, their current and future strength in the market and much, much more.

Some of the posters believe only high end coins will spur future demand, while others contend that business strikes were so poorly made, that the majority of the populace hated them, that no one collected MS60-63. Also, that demand may spur interest but the supply will not materialize.

The title of the thread is "Is the Clad Quarter Market Strong?". A lot of good info and good arguments made...Spark

 

See my post #16. To illustrate clad quarter value, I went to NGC's price guide and found for business strike 1965:
AU58/.52
MS60/.60
MS61/.75
MS62/.85 and
MS63/$1.75

One might conclude clad coinage is appreciating. This trend presumes that clad dimes are also.

Nowadays, however, most clads from the '60s are completely smooth, worn out battered husks much like the OP's coin, you are lucky to find a AU58. You are much more likely to come across coins that are 50/53/55...from normal circulation...Spark

 

If the quarter is dated 1964 or before, it is worth silver value. If it is dated 1965 or later, it's worth face value.

 

Spend it. Total value 25¢.