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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 108766, member: 68&quot;][q]</p><p>Of the 1939-D, the most expensive of the three, NGC has graded 535 as MS-65 and PCGS close to 750. The 1942-D, which is about half the price of the 1939-D, shows totals of 340 at NGC and 204 at PCGS in MS-65. While the 1939-S, at about a third the price of the 1939-D, has totals of 291 at NGC and around 450 at PCGS. Clearly the totals do not support the current price differences.[/q]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting that he looks at the highest priced coins in the series and simply ignores the scarcest issues.&nbsp; 1280 &#039;39-D&#039;s are graded by the services in MS-65 or higher.&nbsp; Guess what? NGC has graded two, that&#039;s right 2, 1982-P quarters in MS-65 or higher.&nbsp; The common &#039;83-P has had four graded at this level.&nbsp; His own (Krause) value guide lists the 1939-D at $125 in Ms-65 and the &#039;83-P at $4.&nbsp; Does something seem amiss to anyone else or is it just me?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who thinks they can just go buy rolls of the &#039;83-P and run up the pops is simply mistaken.&nbsp; There are two problems with this idea.&nbsp; The first is that the rolls are extremely difficult to find.&nbsp; They may not be quite as tough as the &#039;39-D but that&#039;s only because the &#039;39-D had a two generation head start on getting busted up.&nbsp; The second problem is that while the mint made lots of nice quality coins in 1939 this was hardly the case in 1983.&nbsp; People hadn&#039;t looked at their coins in twenty years except to check for wheaties or war nickels and were not likely to notice or complain that the coins all looked like junk.&nbsp; Where the 39-D can be found in many thousands of collections and many will be gem, this is hardly true for the newer coins.&nbsp; While people were busily not looking at their coins in that era they were also busily not collecting them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So what do you want for your $125?&nbsp; A single &#039;39-D which is obviously undervalued at todays prices or about 35 1983-P&#039;s?&nbsp; This is a no-brainer to an increasing number of collectors.&nbsp; Much more importantly an increasing number of collectors believe a 1983 coin is just as collectible as a 1939.&nbsp; They are finding that large numbers of the newer coins are not so available as everyone has always told them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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