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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3676458, member: 68&quot;]Most of these prices are quite low. Three or four times face is considered &quot;good&quot; for most dates.&nbsp; 1967 quarters go for $155 a roll and the wholesale prices of Ikes now has gotten up to $60 a roll but there are no stars.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I shouldn&#039;t let these prices bother me because there&#039;s still no market because there are no rolls.&nbsp; No rolls mean no buyers and no sellers.&nbsp; Prices are set by a moribund market where the few traders each know exactly what to expect when they get buy coins and a few unmotivated sellers.&nbsp; Of course it&#039;s like this because there is no demand from the coin market for something like a 1974 quarter in any grade (other than MS-67).&nbsp; The buyers put together sets of &quot;crap&quot; to sell on TV to very unsophisticated collectors when they can get the coins but they&#039;ll happily buy anything; even clad rolls.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The situation is unsustainable because it can only be perpetuated until collectors wake up and realize these are US coins and they&#039;re pretty much all worn out in circulation or tarnished in unwanted and unloved mint sets after all these years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, I believe, these coins will do exceedingly well because both there are so few and because most of them are terrible.&nbsp; A nice attractive lustrous &#039;74 quarter was never common since about 1974 and now is rather elusive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It breaks my heart to do it but I&#039;ve been selling off my clad due to age.&nbsp; But I&#039;ll always believe these junky coins have enormous potential.&nbsp; I just got in way too early and now I&#039;m getting out too early.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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