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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 23993, member: 68&quot;]Certainly there is a great deal of truth in all the points made.&nbsp; Rare coins are just that- rare.&nbsp; If these were available in gramma&#039;s attic or in circulation then they would certainly not be rare.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would pick a little though at the assertion that there are no high grade coins in circulation.&nbsp; Many of the highest grade coins are rare but not all of these were made in very small numbers.&nbsp; They are rare much more because the coins weren&#039;t saved than that they weren&#039;t produced.&nbsp; Another factor which makes them improbable in circulation is that in many cases the mint set coins will be superior.&nbsp; These are struck at slower speeds with new dies so often will be nicer than anything that went into circulation.&nbsp; It&#039;s also trus that in recent years the odds of finding top rate coins in circulation seems to have decreased.&nbsp; While the average quality has improved (largely as the result of lowering the relief), the best quality has come down.&nbsp; But in any case it has been possible to get top rate coins in circulation for the last few decades.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a simple matter of going down to the bank and buying a brick of new coins and looking for the best.&nbsp; The odds of finding one this way is not very good because only 15 or 20 die pairs will appear in the whole lot.&nbsp; The odds are that none of these will be a really nice gem.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;easiest&quot; way to find them is to watch your change.&nbsp; Eventually you&#039;ll get a nice very well made coin.&nbsp; It may be marked a little but that doesn&#039;t matter because there will be some from the same pallet or bag which aren&#039;t marked.&nbsp; Ask where the store does their banking and go there and get a box of that coin.&nbsp; The odds of finding them will go from a long shot to very possible.&nbsp; The last really nice coin released around here were the NJ Denver quarters and I never did find their source.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There have been other releases of note around here with one of the most spectacular being the 1979-P type &quot;d&quot; reverse quarter.&nbsp; These were released in such large quantities that they accounted for nerely 50% of the coins in circulation.&nbsp; Now they&#039;re kind of hard to find and are in only F condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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