Are any of the modern state quarters ...

cmeisenzahl

worth more than $0.25? I just wondered if there was anything interesting in this series yet? They seem so coomon that there is little point in collecting them.


On the other hand, almsot every one that goes through my hands is from the Philly mint (I'm in Rochester, NY), I'm not sure if I've even seen one from the Denver mint out this way. :-(


Christopher

itsnotjustme

Mainly high grade (MS67/68 depending on date/mint) and certified as such by PCGS....

samingeorgia

Just for fun, I've been looking at my change most evenings and tossing state quarters into a container: been doing this since after they started appearing. A couple of weekends ago, I went through them and out of about $ 120.00 worth of quarters there are almost two rolls of CT !!!
This surprised me because I figured that the early issues ( DE, PA, NJ, etc. ) would be evenly distributed.
Why so many CT?? Surely the mintage figures are the same??

mirabela

Samingeorgia, I've found very much the same thing. Weirder still, I was doing that first in CA and then here in VT -- D mint CT quarters were very frequent out there, P mint CT quarters here. I picked out the best UNC's and AU58's from my big batch, and kicked the rest back into circulation. I figure if nothing else my kids will enjoy them when they start collecting (notice I didn't say "if" they start collecting!)

Beyond the super high grade quarters, it might be worth hanging onto UNC rolls. probably something similar will happen to the 1976 quarters, that is 30 years later people realize they aren't worth more than .25 each, then spend them -- and after a while there really aren't all that many unc rolls left. I'm surprised by how long it takes a hoarding thing like that to balance itself out, but already some of the state quarter rolls are worth way more than face. That might last.

relayer

I got one in change that was fresh from a roll. PCGS slabbed it as MS67 and I sold it for $27

coinguy89

I would like to get into the State Quarters, but it seems that if they look really good they'll be way too much money, and if they're not in almost perfect condition they're worthless.

Bikingnut

What I want to know is whats so special about the Tennessee quarters. Check this out. I may have to put my two roll set on ebay.

Tenn

coinguy89

<< <i>What I want to know is whats so special about the Tennessee quarters. Check this out. I may have to put my two roll set on ebay.

Tenn >>



Ohio has a lower mintage than Tennessee. This is how I see it though, Ohio's lowest mintage out of all the State Quarters, was made very public, everyone knew about it, so many more of these will probably be saved in high grade. However, Tennessee had a mintage almost as low as Ohio, but didn't get the hype, causing these coins to be quite scarce in high grade.

BTW, it was the Ohio-P with the lowest.

cladking

Coins have been made in effectively infinite quantities as far as unc coins are concerned
since 1934. The mint has intentionally made enough coins that anyone who wants to set
them aside can get them in as much quantity as they desire. Prices for later dated coins
and moderns (including ultra-moderns) are determined solely by the number set aside and
is independent of mintage. In fact, there tends to be an inverse relationship between mintage
and the number saved because many more people try to save low mintages.

The Tn quarter may simply be enjoying greater demand because of the numbers of them con-
sumed by having stickers of Elvis and whatnot affixed to them and sold as souvenirs.

...Or maybe everyone just overlooked it. Time will tell.