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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 549920, member: 68&quot;]Indeed.&nbsp; A lot of the &quot;missing&quot; quarters aren&#039;t sitting in unc rolls but they&#039;re in change jars and drawers and only in AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>People tend to forget that Puerto Rico has a long numismatic history.&nbsp; It issued its own coins even in the 19th century and this should galvanize attention on them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the same with the Virgin Islands.&nbsp; They used many coins long before clad quarters were ever invented.&nbsp; Their old copper, silver, and gold coins have always languished for lack of demand.&nbsp; Now many of these coins (Dutch West Indies) are sure to come under far greater demand.&nbsp; It&#039;s funny that a &quot;common&quot; coin like the copper 1905 2 cent in nice XF is going to go from a coin that no one cares about at $10 top a highly sought after rarity.&nbsp; This coin had a mntage of 150,000 so it&#039;s no rarity but the last 104 years and decades of circulation have not been kind to it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Try finding a PR 40 centavos right now.&nbsp; Try finding a noce undamaged piece.&nbsp; These have been going for a song for a very long time because only a few dozen people care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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