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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1634486, member: 15445&quot;]What has been your experience with bust quarters?&nbsp; Prior to going to the FUN show, I had some discussions with Detecto about bust quarters in grades F to VF.&nbsp; He had purchased a raw bust quarter which I hope he will post here.&nbsp; Detecto’s coin was one of the reduced-size quarters &amp; I think the date was 1834.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As a result I became interested in possibly finding a new bust quarter for my own collection.&nbsp; At the FUN show I asked at least a dozen dealers for price quotes on their slabbed bust quarters.&nbsp; I was mostly looking at the large size pieces but there were some reduced-size quarters as well.&nbsp; EVERY quote that I received was for significantly more money than grey sheet.&nbsp; In a majority of the quotes, (I mean like every quote) the dealer wanted EF money for a VF coin or they wanted VF money for an F coin.&nbsp; To put this into perspective, when I was expecting a $100 quote the dealer would quote $300.&nbsp; When I was expecting a $300 quote, the dealer would quote $1,200.&nbsp; The slabbed quarters were so expensive I didn’t bother to make any counter offers. I just politely passed on every offer.</p><p><br /></p><p>By contrast, the raw examples were priced much closer to grey sheet prices for the grade listed on their (raw) holders.&nbsp; However, most of the raw coins (almost without exception) were cleaned or had some damage and perhaps most should have netted a lower grade / cheaper price IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have watched Bust quarters disappear from the shows for the last 30 years.&nbsp; Since I already had a couple nice examples in my collection, I never studied their prices or where they were going until now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage auction archives indicate that the prices realized have been significantly above Grey Sheet.&nbsp; Perhaps it’s time for CDN to adjust their prices or am I missing something here.&nbsp; I’m interested to learn others experience with these cool 2-bit coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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