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Low Pop MS State Quarters drying up???

It may just be me, but has anyone else noticed that High grade PCGS Uncirculated State Quarters are starting to dry up on Ebay and Teletrade.
You still see a few 2002's in MS68 or a NC-P here and a SC-D there, but overall it seems supplies are getting shorter and prices are spiking higher!
Just yesterday I sold a PCGS MS68 2000-P South Carolina for $205 on Ebay.
According to past sales I was only expecting around $135!
Are these low pop coins really being gobbled up by new collectors? Will prices continue to climb as the State Quarter series progresses?
Only time will tell.


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Michael

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,646 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have no clue. Might point out though that there are a lot more
    people who might want to upgrade than there are high grade coins.
    Tempus fugit.
  • Your last sentence, Only time will, says it all.
    Friends are Gods way of apologizing for your relatives.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Michael: Nice price on the SC! I can sell you another nice one at $130 delivered tomorrow if your underbidder wants one. image

    It appears to me many of the state quarter dates in top grade have dried up as you mentioned. For example, you almost never see 1999 DEL(d), PA(d), NJ(d), GA(p)(d) offered anymore. Most of the (d) mints from 2000-2001 in MS68 are also generally unavailable now. Even some (p) mint coins like MD(p) and RI(p) seldom come along now. And, the MS69 coins are nearly impossible to locate as well. Interesting, even though PCGS is closing in on 1500 MS68 (p) mints from 2002, it still has yet to grade a dozen MS69 coins from 2002. They really "held the line" consistently on MS69 thus far. And the quality of the MS69 specimens has been exceptional. Should be interesting what 2003 and beyond brings.

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  • TheNumishTheNumish Posts: 1,628 ✭✭
    It is really, really hard to get a State quarter graded MS-68. You have to go through an incredible amount of coins to find the good ones. The only exception to this are the 2002-P mint coins from mint sets. Now that prices have come down so much it isn't worth the time to look for these coins so less are being graded. Therefore less are being offered for sale on ebay. That's my theory.

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