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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 153288, member: 68&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t buy any coin for investment even at face value.&nbsp; However these do make a great collectible and by this token might well return significant gains.&nbsp; Just stashing circulating coins is probably a foolish way to accomplish this, though.&nbsp; The typical 1965 quarter looks like junk.&nbsp; It was poorly struck by heavily worn dies and time has hardly been kind to it.&nbsp; It will show considerable wear despite it&#039;s light weight and extreme hardness and it will be damaged or spotted.&nbsp; Such a coin or its equivalent will still be in circulation (or available) in 40 years.&nbsp; What won&#039;t be available are nicely struck coins with light wear and no damage.&nbsp; You&#039;ll incur all the opportunity costs for every coin you save.&nbsp; You&#039;ll lose the chance to earn interest or buy something with more potential.&nbsp; So don&#039;t save ugly, heavily worn, or common coins.&nbsp; Save &#039;68-D quarters even in VF and nice &#039;69&#039;s in any grade at all.&nbsp; Look for the coins from the late-&#039;70&#039;s with nice clean strikes as these were uncommon even when they were minted.&nbsp; Save nice AU&#039;s from the &#039;80&#039;s and &#039;90&#039;s.&nbsp; Learn what the varieties are as many of these will be highly sought after.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, rather than just saving coins try collecting them.&nbsp; Collectors generally do better financially and usually have a lot more fun.&nbsp; In any case you&#039;ll quickly learn which of the coins are easy and which are impossible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you find you&#039;re getting a lot of money tied up in this then you should certainly pay attention to the markets for these.&nbsp; Some of the BU&#039;s for these are common and some are scarce.&nbsp; This will have a profound effect on the value of the circulated pieces in the future.&nbsp; Their condition will also affect which circulated pieces are most desired.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Invest in the markets and pick up the blue folders for whichever coins interest you.&nbsp; You&#039;ll be surprised how much better you&#039;ll do this way probably.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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