I've been looking around on ebay for how much the state quarters have been going for, and I was surprised. I'm seeing the BU rolls of delaware going for between 15 and $25. About 4 years ago I went to a large coin shop (silvertowne) to get a couple rolls of quarters that I was unable to get from my bank, and I saw them selling rolls of BU Delaware quarters for $80! What happened? I remember when I was about 15 years old and going home atleast once a week I'd stop by a bank and pick up a few rolls of quarters to go through. I don't remember how many rolls of quarters I searched, but I know I searched alot, because I now have about $250 in the first and second years of the state quarters(circulated). And this was back when they were coming out. I remember I'd find 1 or 2 in each roll, then as time went on I'd find 3 or 4, and so on. Do you guys think barely circulated rolls of the first and second years of quarters will be worth anything in a few years?
What happened? People found out the banks were selling them 4 to a dollar. Combined mintage for P & D Delaware is 774,824,000. Hardly rare. Plus, everyone thought they'd set a few rolls back in hopes they'd make money later. A little like the 1950D Jefferson Nickel but with much higher mintage numbers.
heh, save all the state quarters u can get. especially kansas and West Virginia. These, IMO, will bring the most in ms65+
Still haven't seen any West Virginia quarters except at coin stores. Place I work at as a cashier I opened a roll full of nothing but Kansas quarters, so still hoping they show up eventually.
my grandfather drives a truck, so he handles lots of cents weekly, and he saves all of the nice state quarters he comes up with. He brought home a handful, and i picked out 2 WV, 2 TX, and 1 NY that were really really unworn.
I tried offering(on another forum)1999 bu rolls in plastic tubes for $10.50 each if paying by paypal + actual shipping. 1 person responded for a roll of each. The rest went to the coin counter at the bank. :desk:
What happened? Sanity eventually prevailed. As it eventualy usually does after something jumps way up once it comes out.
As I've mentioned in other threads about remember the Bi-Centenial coins. Back then every one save them by the rolls and now are spending them as normal coinage due to no value. Soon all these state quaters and new nickels will be the same. Just change. Too many of them are being saved by the roll when new. It will take hundreds of years before they are worth anything. I'm sure this will go the way of the beanie babies for the new type coins.
silver statehood quarters silver statehood quarters should move up by 20%. before it was based on $7.50 and now it should based on $9.00 per ounce. silver statehood quarter should move up were the 5 pc silver statehood quarters without sleeves and box and certificate. some dealers were selling at $15.00 or a liitle bit lower a set. now it should be at $18.00 per set. that's applied to modern commoemoratives. many dealers selling at $10.00 or a little bit lower. with silver moved up. it should be selling at $12.00 a piece. buy any of those still selling at old price. recommendate.
Most of the states issues make a much better short term speculation or collectible than a good long term hold. There may be some exception though like the matte finish, proof, silver proof, rotated reverses, high grades, extra leafs, and early issues. AU coins of DE an PA (possibly others) will have more demand since uncs aren't as common. It is much more worth the time to set aside current rolls for a year or three to try to catch the one everyone misses than to look through circulation. If you have a chance to set aside nice choice MS-64 or better issues then this is a good speculation as well. It takes years for the market to sort out the good ones from the bad ones. All the coins of an issue are never out of FED storage for about two years and usually require three years. Even after it's out of storage it takes another three years before effectively 100% of the mintage is worn. We're only just now getting to that point with the early states coins. Keep in mind though that these get a lot more attention and mmight move in and out of circulation greatly expanding the time it takes for them to wear. It has been requiring about 17 years for all of a date to be worn below AU but this will be sure to take longer with the states issues. There is greater velocity of quarters now since people are going through them again.
