In case you Washington collectors missed it.

Russ · July 31, 2004 11:04AM

The rarest Washington Quarter of them all.

I checked my dresser top and I'm a little short, so have at it.

Russ, NCNE

bearcave · July 31, 2004 11:26AM

It has 1 bid!!!!!!

mrearlygold · July 31, 2004 11:28AM

<< <i>It has 1 bid!!!!!!

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Ya sure, 1 "legit" bid.

Tom

aknow · July 31, 2004 11:30AM

My piggy bank's a little light for that one. Maybe a bit expensive.
I noticed the seller sold something for 1 cent.
Dr. Steve

Conder101 · July 31, 2004 3:35PM

Looks like a nice but typical BU 1964 quarter to me. I'd pay about $3 for it.

bearcave · July 31, 2004 8:20PM

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<< <i>It has 1 bid!!!!!!

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Ya sure, 1 "legit" bid.

Tom >>

Those "0" bidders have to start somewhere, why not on a $8000 + coin?

DHeath · July 31, 2004 10:23PM

An SMS 64. Thanks for the link. I wish the pic was better. I'd like to see how that one compares to the other one I have images of.

Edited to add - turns out it IS the one I have images of.

jhar · July 31, 2004 10:34PM

What is the mintage of 1964 SMS Quarters??

DHeath · July 31, 2004 10:42PM

Here are pics of one of the holdered halves, and a dime. The dime was offered for sale at the same time this Washington was.

PhillyJoe · August 1, 2004 12:03AM

The '64 SMS Kennedy in in MS, or SP 69, went for about $9500 in a Heritage Sale, so this might be a tad high.

Joe

XpipedreamR · August 1, 2004 12:11AM

I won't be buying it, but I don't think the price is that outrageous. Maybe a little high, but not obscene for a rarity like this.

By the way...I keep looking at this dime. I think it's really neat!

DHeath · August 1, 2004 12:30AM

They're too much money for me, but I'm still trying to figure out what the heck they are. SMS is a misnomer. Specimen? That doesn't make sense to me. Most of the coins look to me as though they were struck from unfinished dies. The half is not an AH, and is a flared G, so it was not an early coin. The die polish on the dime suggests a damaged die that had been lapped, but that's not likely for a specimen coin or a presentation piece. It would be interesting to learn the weight of these coins. I always wondered if they weren't trial strikes of an alloy, since there was a good deal of discussion of silver content and clad coinage going on at the time. It could be the mint was experimenting with the finish as is supposed, or perhaps they were experimenting with the composition. Since some of the coins don't appear to exhibit such dramatic die polish, I have come to wonder about the composition.

oldcameoproofsguy · August 1, 2004 12:59AM

The seller is a little off on the mintage. If memory serves me correctly NGC and PCGS have graded something like 30 or 40 between the two. There are several sources I've seen that estimate a mintage of 50 or so.