Got a silver quarter in change

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Jeffnlu
Jeffnlu Posts: 297 ✭✭✭✭
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Sometime in the last month. We were in Florida for the month of February. We just throw our change in a mug and bring it home at the end of the month. I was sorting it out today, see a quarter that looks a little off and lo and behold a 1964-D in very good condition. Been many a year since the last one.

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  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great find! Thanks for texting us about it.

  • grote15
    grote15 Posts: 30,226 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice find! I can't remember the last one I've gotten in change. Last couple I got (some years ago now) were dimes.



    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • TomB
    TomB Posts: 23,192 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's fantastic. I can't recall the last silver quarter I received in change. It was likely decades ago.

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  • Dave99B
    Dave99B Posts: 8,947 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sweet! I've found a few Roosy dimes the last year or so, both dated in the late 1950s. Hard to fathom that 90% silver is still out in the wild, but apparently they are.

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,073 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Way cool

  • TwoSides2aCoin
    TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2026 7:01PM
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    To think in terms of economics vs. numismatics ; you can get about five gallons of gas with a silver quarter (current value)

  • mr1931S
    mr1931S Posts: 7,311 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I've found silver dimes in the reject bin on the Coinstar at the Walmart. Never a silver quarter. A few years ago, a search of two bank rolled boxes of $250 in quarters yielded only 1 silver quarter. It was dated nineteen fifty something.

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  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    COINgratulations! With the price of silver nowadays, that was a nice score for only 25 cents!

    It's been a long, long time since I got one. Of course it has been a pretty good while since I used coins at all.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • TPring
    TPring Posts: 388 ✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2026 2:51PM
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    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    To think in terms of economics vs. numismatics ; you can get about five gallons of gas with a silver quarter (current value)

    Not on the left coast you can't [and the miles per $.01 may be comparable].

    @Jeffnlu said:
    Sometime in the last month. We were in Florida for the month of February. We just throw our change in a mug and bring it home at the end of the month. I was sorting it out today, see a quarter that looks a little off and lo and behold a 1964-D in very good condition. Been many a year since the last one.

    Pics or it didn't happen...

  • lkenefic
    lkenefic Posts: 9,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2026 3:00PM
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    Congrats! Wow... the last silver I got anywhere was a 1963 Roosevelt Dime I found in a Coinstar bin, and that was probably 4 to 5 years ago...

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  • ambro51
    ambro51 Posts: 14,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The trick is to find a 1964,D Quarter that will actually grade VG.

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