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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 24686328, member: 68&quot;]Everyone is taking these coins for granted.&nbsp; It is widely believed that there are countless millions of coins and even if only 1% of them look nice there will be enough nice coins to last forever.&nbsp; So very few people collect them.&nbsp; This lack of demand then hides the fact that many of the dates are very elusive in nice attractive condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not only the quarters but collectors have no idea how rare something like a well made and pristine &#039;82-P is.&nbsp; The services grade poorly made coins at high grades hiding the fact that well made coins are virtually nonexistent. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reality is that most moderns were very lightly saved to virtually not saved at all.&nbsp; This means the majority of coins come from mint sets and these are virtually gone now lost to the ravages of time and a consumer mentality.&nbsp; Surviving mint sets are often tarnished now days.&nbsp; The long and short of it is that even coins in nice chBU like &#039;76 type I Ikes can be difficult to find and if there were any demand they would be almost impossible. </p><p><br /></p><p>About clad coins John J Pittman is reputed to have said:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Nobody&#039;s paying attention to them,&quot; he told me in a conversation back in the early 1980s. &quot;People don&#039;t bother saving them and dealers don&#039;t bother stocking them. Yet, these are U.S. coins as surely as silver dollars and double eagles. And, in years to come, hobbyists are bound to collect them.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another 40 years of neglect has failed to make these coins any more common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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