is 67 the best grade for john quincy adams president?

SLIDE

just wondering if any speculators out there think a JQA presidential dollar may hit a 68 or above. also when are the satin finish coins going to come out for 2008?
thanks,
ryan

19Lyds

So far yes. Judging from what I have seen, this should be the top of the heap as I doubt any MS68's will surface. There's just something about the presidential portrait that inhibits good metal flow for a clean looking surface. The Monroe on the other hand was totally different which accounts for the few MS68's that do exist.

19Lyds

I'm gonna correct myself as the current populations for the JQ Adams are acting a little funny.

I recall when these first started showing up on eBay as MS67's, that the population reports didn;t even register them through the set registry. The set registry has a direct connect to the populations unlike the puplished online reports. At any rate, for the 2008-D Pos A and Pos B coins, the population for a grade higher than MS67 shows as a 0 and not a null or blank as shown in the 2008-P Pos A and Pos B coins. It may mean nothing or it coul mean that 1 graded that high but was later knocked out. I don;t know.

I do know that the current pops are a little squirrely in areas though such as the 2008-W Silver Eagle ( 393057 ) and the 2008-W Silver Eagle First Strike™ ( 393058 ). The populations are exactly the same. Grade for grade and coin for coin which to me seems a little weird.

Silverstate

POPs as of 6/13/08

2008-P $1 John Quincy Adams First Day of Issue, Position A MS66 1,190 MS67 18
2008-P $1 John Quincy Adams First Day of Issue, Position B MS66 1,238 MS67 12
2008-D $1 John Quincy Adams First Day of Issue, Position A MS66 789 MS67 8
2008-D $1 John Quincy Adams First Day of Issue, Position B MS66 702 MS67 10