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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2112318, member: 73983&quot;]I had mentioned on the introductions thread that I had recently made a nice find while digging through a dealers &quot;Junk&quot; quarters.&nbsp; So here is the story behind it.&nbsp; I have recently got interested in double sided coin rings.&nbsp; I have wanted to make a few and I was going to make one for my Mom.&nbsp; Well I went into a local dealers store here recently and asked if he had any junk 90% quarters I could look through.&nbsp; He replied that he had quite a bit.&nbsp; So he handed me an emptied lid to a green &quot;Monster Box&quot; from the US Mint which contained probably $200 - $300 face value of nothing but Washington Quarters.&nbsp; I was looking for a 1953 for my Mom.&nbsp; I asked if he minded if I go through them all.&nbsp; He replied &quot;Feel Free&quot;.&nbsp; So I did.&nbsp; I was pretty excited as right off the bat I started pulling out some nice conditioned Washington&#039;s from the 30&#039;s.&nbsp; I started setting those aside.&nbsp; After about and hour or so, I had accumulated a pile of about $4.00 face.&nbsp; One was a decent 1953 that I had originally gone in there after.&nbsp; The rest consisted of mostly 1935&#039;s and 1936&#039;s.&nbsp; I had pulled 2 1932&#039;s out because of them being a first year.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t check the backs for mint marks, assuming that the 1932&#039;s would not have any.&nbsp; I asked him what I owed, he told me $60.00.&nbsp; I normally would have tried to negotiate on the price.&nbsp; But he had just gotten beat up pretty bad by another guy trying to buy some jewelry for close to spot.&nbsp; Plus the 35&#039;s and 36&#039;s I pulled were in very good condition.&nbsp; So I handed him the cash, headed out to the car.&nbsp; As soon as I got into the car I had to double check the 2 1932&#039;s.&nbsp; The first contained no mint mark, just as I had figured, but the second which was in much better condition than the first had an &quot;S&quot; looking right back at me.&nbsp; I grabbed my loupe and took a closer look.&nbsp; My face started to grin from ear to ear.&nbsp; I had just paid $3.75 for the lowest mintage Washington quarter of the series.&nbsp; Woohoo!!!&nbsp; I knew that the rest of the little stash was just gravy..&nbsp; So I rushed home and took a closer look at the rest of the quarters.&nbsp; Almost every one of them were a VF+ or better, several I would estimate at AU+.&nbsp; So here is a sampling of the little score, my best score ever....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]399068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]399069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]399070[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]399071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]399072[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]399073[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you would like to give me your opinions on grades, I&#039;d be most appreciated.&nbsp; Thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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