Newbie with a State Quarter Question

BLCTHECPA

Hello everyone, My name is Bryan and I am fairly new to the boards and thanks to everyone for I have already picked up a lot of useful information. I wish I had been a reader of the boards before I really starting collecting, it would have saved me both time and money.

I started collecting when I wasa boy, going through my Grandmother's piggy banks looking for the Zinc Lincoln Pennies (now I wish I had keep ALL the coins in those old banks). And then in the early 70's buying proof sets from the mint (still deciding on trying to send in my 1971 for grading (especially the Kennedy)).

Over the last 3 years I have stepped up my collecting. All moderns, my pride and joy are my Kennedy Proof Set (currently tied for 10th) and my Franklin Proof Set (currently tied for 12th).

On to my first question -- Has anyone had any experience on searching through State Quarter Mint Roll Sets (the one that cost $35 for a P and D roll for each state) and finding high grade (MS67 & above) coins? I have a few sets and don't want to break them open unless there is a good chance of finding some good ones.

Thanks in advance
Bryan

pontiacinf

dont bother...rolls are usually dog earred 64-65's. The bags are the ones that produce the
money coins.

TheNumish

It's hard to find gem coins dated 1999. A good idea might be to buy some common state quarters in PCGS MS-66 and MS-67. You can find the coins on ebay for $5-$15. When you get the coins look them over with a 5X glass in good light. That will give you an idea of what to look for in your mint sets and rolls.

Oh yea, welcome to the board!!!

itsnotjustme

I don't know about the mint rolls, but I've pulled many MS67s from bank rolls.

NoviceKris

From one new board member to another, welcome.

As fas as SQ, I have been buying the bags, including the mixed bags the mint started offering within the past year so I could catch up on ones I missed in 1999 and 2000. I buy what I can as soon as the bags for a new state are out and have kept them all sealed up tight far, hoping that when the series finally ends in 2009 that there will be a new interest in getting high grades of all the coins in the set. With fifty to fifty-five (or is it 54 with DC and the territories?), even if they are only a few dollars a coin raw, a nice set will be worth $100 - $300 or so. $35 a bag from the mint, up to one hundred sets in the bag. It could be worth waiting for. Even if only a few out of the bag grade well (you are only in for .35 cents and the grading costs) you can recoop. Of course, that is IF there is a market in the future. Otherwise, you have 5,000 quarters you paid a dime over face for. On the upside, you are never short of laundry money. And you can whack bad guys in the head with those heavy bags in your spare time, a wonderful public service. Kris