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What's Your Favorite Silver Washington Quarter In The Group?

wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
I selected about (50) coins from my 1932-1964 Silver Washington Quarter collection and I now have the pics side by side in a Gallery I set up on the homepage of my website (www.wondercoins.com). Click on each coin for a larger image to appear.

I would love to know which quarter is your favorite in the group? A dozen or so of my most colorful top grade specimens are not pictured yet, but I am working on it!

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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't see anything marked "gallery" on your home page. image
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    - Jim
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jim: Left hand side of the homepage of www.wondercoins.com about 1/3 -1/2 way down the page is the link to the Gallery. Were you able to find it?

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  • JedPlanchetJedPlanchet Posts: 907 ✭✭✭
    Great set - interesting variety of toning. Here's a direct link Link

    I like this one:

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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Jim: Left hand side of the homepage of www.wondercoins.com about 1/3 -1/2 way down the page is the link to the Gallery. Were you able to find it?

    Wondercoin >>



    Ok. I found it this time. There are multitudes of nice toners there, so it would be hard to choose just one.

    Going with my personal bias towards liking both sides closely matched in color and also favoring rim toning, I'd probably choose that '45-S, followed closely by the '47-P.

    I also like the pastels of the '50-S; the striking, saturated colors of the '46-P; and the compelling obverses of your '47-S and '58-D, to just name a couple. You have a fantastic collection and assortment there! image

    *BTW, I believe you posted the '58-D twice there.*
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  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks JedPlanchet for the link! And, I also like that 56-P as you seldom see a (NT) coin with such a varying color scheme from obverse to reverse.

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  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jim: Hi. Thanks for pointing out that dupe. I just asked my "webmaster" (21 yr. old son) to remove it. The only good thing about having a college guy (not to mention your son) for your webmaster is that he answers the phone at 2:30 a.m. when you ask him to fix something. LOL.

    Nice selections to be sure! You have great taste as you picked mostly MS67+ to MS68 grade quarters in your favorites list.

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,267 ✭✭✭
    This one:

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    I'm a sucker for those Mint Set toners, so the 1958-D gets my #1 vote (from the list),
    but close behind is the luster-dripping 1939-S at #2
  • orevilleoreville Posts: 11,771 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm a sucker for those Mint Set toners, so the 1958-D gets my #1 vote (from the list),
    but close behind is the luster-dripping 1939-S at #2 >>



    I REALLY like that 1939-S too. In looking through the 1935 to 1943 coins, it was hard to choose the best as they are really all stupendous.

    The 1935 is a standout.

    The mint toners I admit I like a little less than the less toned ones.

    The 1944-S looks to be a bit cleaner than the 1944 to me.
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  • All of them!!!!
    But if i have to pick one ,it would Be the 47-S
  • RadioContestKingRadioContestKing Posts: 3,002 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Everyday I go to your website to see what quarters you are selling and everyday it keeps telling me No Inventory For Sale.......Please quit Teasing me............................image I like the 61 looks like a type B ? Many nice quarters to drool over. Enjoy image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,794 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The '49 er from Denver is most appealing to me. It's kind of aged to perfection, as toning goes.

    ... let me add the '58 D for having killer strike, and look. Thanks for sharing.
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    The 40-P and 50-P suit my eye. The 59-D, 60-D an numerous others are incredibly clean.
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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 14,787 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I went through your set 3 or 4 times,and I can't determine between the 47P or the 50D? The whole set is exquisite! I guess If I had to pick one,It would have to be the 50D.Nice set,dude.imageimage

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  • shishshish Posts: 1,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Overall favorite is the 1947, favorite obverse 1947-S, and favorite reverse is 1949-D. image
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  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the 1947 the best. Beautiful set.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve27. That was Richard Green's favorite coin from his amazing #1 MS Silver Washington quarter set way back when (before he then moved on to MS Kennedy Half Dollars and the PCGS Hallf of Fame for that collection). He gave me "first shot" on all his coins before selling off the remainder of the quarter collection in tact and I bought ten or so of the coins. But, with "first shot" comes the first shot price. As I recall, a typical 35-S MS67 back then would trade for $4,000 - $4,500 or so, but, RG's price on that particular 35-S blazer was $10,500 and he would not budge! It was quite possibly the nicest brilliant coin in his mostly brilliant quarter collection (he loved brilliant blazers where you could see the surfaces (and their imperfections or near perfect surfaces) clearly. I paid his price ("kicking and screaming") and I will likely never recover my cost on that coin unless the coin eventually becomes the pop 1 or 2 MS67+ for the grade (presently MS67 is as good as it gets for that particular date). You made my day by selecting that coin!

    More comments to come. Thanks for looking everyone.

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 20,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You know I'm a sucker for wonderful WQs so this page is really enjoyable for me to look at. I like a variety of appearances and, after looking through the group two times, I would have to go with the 1934-D, 1936-D and 1947 as my favorites. Cool freaking group!
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 43,794 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ten thousand dollars for a quarter ? Say it's not true. My friends and family think I'm lying to them about coins.
  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,469 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You've put together a truly incredible set. One for the ages!!! Congrats!!
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  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stone/Oreville - As I recall, that 39-S was another Richard Green brilliant blazer. But, if so, priced "fairly" (not like that 35-S he "made" me buy due to my obsessive nature and the fact that he pretty much knew I could not mail it back). LOL.

    TwoSides2aCoin ... I wish I could say it was not true ... that $10,500 would probably be worth about $25,000 in gold bullion right about now. But, this quarter set was never about the money. And, the bright side is I would have probably spent that same $10,500 on golf with nothing to show for it by now had I not given up that hobby and kept this one!

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,267 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Steve27. That was Richard Green's favorite coin from his amazing #1 MS Silver Washington quarter set way back when (before he then moved on to MS Kennedy Half Dollars and the PCGS Hallf of Fame for that collection). He gave me "first shot" on all his coins before selling off the remainder of the quarter collection in tact and I bought ten or so of the coins. But, with "first shot" comes the first shot price. As I recall, a typical 35-S MS67 back then would trade for $4,000 - $4,500 or so, but, RG's price on that particular 35-S blazer was $10,500 and he would not budge! It was quite possibly the nicest brilliant coin in his mostly brilliant quarter collection (he loved brilliant blazers where you could see the surfaces (and their imperfections or near perfect surfaces) clearly. I paid his price ("kicking and screaming") and I will likely never recover my cost on that coin unless the coin eventually becomes the pop 1 or 2 MS67+ for the grade (presently MS67 is as good as it gets for that particular date). You made my day by selecting that coin!

    More comments to come. Thanks for looking everyone.

    Wondercoin >>



    Mitch, I'm happy I made your day, that coin is just amazing!
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those are nice! I THINK I WANT YOUR 35-S and 41-S.
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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 11,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mitch:

    All the quarters in your Gallery are gorgeous. Today, as I type this reply my favorite toned coins are the 1949 P (sixth row down from the top, third coin in the row; particularly the obverse); the 1949 D (12th row down from the top, fourth coin in the row); and the two multicolored 1958 D quarters (10th row down from the top, second coin in the row and bottom row, second coin in the row). For the untoned coins my favorites are the 1935 S and the 1939 P.

    What I would also like to see you display is a Gallery of your best 1965-1998 MS Clad quarters. I suspect that a Gallery showing these Clad coins may turn some heads and cause a more than a few hobbyists to rethink their low opinion of Clads as collectible coins.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Panther (and others that liked the 47-S) ... I agree with you. That coin is really neat. The reverse held it back from possibly even a higher grade (than the MS68 it is now) ... it's totally original, but the reverse did not tone all that "pretty".

    1Tommy - Sorry that you have been seeing no quarter inventory on the site. It probably will not be until around the Summer that I get some of the dupes pictured and described there. In the meantime, if you are looking for any specific Washington quarter date/grade, let me know and I'll see if I have an extra coin hanging around that might help with your set.

    And, you are correct that the 1961-P is a Ty B and I believe would be a pop 1/0 coin if I resubmitted it to PCGS for the special variety designation. So, that is a very cool coin as well as right now even the undergrade MS66 in Ty B is only a pop 4/0 as I recall.

    Wondercoin

    edited to add ... this is really helpful to me. I am adding about (12) more pics today to the Gallery (these will show up as the closest to the bottom pics in a bit) and also removing one coin from the gallery as well.
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  • sniocsusniocsu Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭
    Just about all of them are awesome. You must have put a lot of time into this collection!
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Twosidestoacoin- yes, the 49(d) and 58(d) are really cool color coins. Nice selections. If memory serves me right, "Bear" (RIP) from our boards was also pursuing this 49(d) PCGS-MS67 when it came up for auction in Baltimore during the time he was on his hunt for really cool toned coins. The color was so intense and incredible on that coin that both a "world-class ex-PCGS grader" I discussed the coin with at the auction, and myself, were "on the fence" on whether the coin was AT or NT (not to mention my son Justin (aka "Toneboy" at the time). Every now and again you come across a monster toned coin that is very tough to call the AT/NT line on. Obviously, PCGS liked it as a NT coin in awarding that high grade. Anyway, it brought back the memory of discussing all the cool toned coins with "Bear" in that particular auction.

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 20,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 1949-D looks awfully familiar to me and I wonder if this isn't a coin I purchased in 1999/2000 and subsequently sold.
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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow, that's a fabulous collection of eye candy! Impossible for me to single out one favorite, but the
    list of coins that particularly "floated my boat" is:

    43
    44-S
    46
    49-D
    50-S
    53-S
    55
    56-D
    58-D
    61
    63
    63-D
    64

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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 49-D wins hands down. There are many toned beauties but that one not only speaks to me
    It screams from the mountaintopsimage


  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    DHeath & JoeyKoins - Thanks for looking. Yes, of the (4) you selected DHeath, that 59-D is my favorite as it is as clean as any 59-D I have ever seen including my other MS67 59-D I have in the collection. In fact, I recently tried (unsuccessfully) that 59-D for an upgrade.

    And, JoeyKoins. The 47-P and 50-D are great MS67+ coins. The 50-D is still pop 1/0 to this day. A second 47-P in MS67+ was just slabbed by PCGS, but I really do enjoy this one. Thank you Gary L. and I am glad I could help you out with your amazing State Territories collection as well. All the D mint quarters from the 1950's are exceedingly tough coins in high end MS67 grade starting with this 50-D. Sometime later in the year, I will get pics in the gallery of my pop 1/0 1955-D MS67 coin as well as a couple MS66+ undergrade coins I have in the collection ... they are sensational pieces as well.

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  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 4,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    59P is mine! I love that toning pattern and is something that I look for as a plus with my coins!
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,305 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>59P is mine! I love that toning pattern and is something that I look for as a plus with my coins! >>



    I kindda agree.

    But the '41-S embraces more of the qualities I think of when I think of choice and superb Gem silver quarters;

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    Tempus fugit.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I should add that each and every one is truly a wondrous coin.
    Tempus fugit.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Justin added another roughly dozen quarters which he put at the very bottom (last 12 or so in the album)... Check them out. Justin also added a section for his monster-toned Ike dollar collection. Stephanie, eat your heart out!! Wondercoin.

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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,663 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Justin added another roughly dozen quarters which he put at the very bottom (last 12 or so in the album)... Check them out. Justin also added a section for his monster-toned Ike dollar collection. Stephanie, eat your heart out!! Wondercoin. >>





    I'm gonna go look........ For his sake it better not be nicer than mineimageimage



  • mas3387mas3387 Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭
    I like them all image
  • TomBTomB Posts: 20,689 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know how I missed that 1953-S (image 48) the first time around, but that is a mesmerizing coin.
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    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice!!! I'll take the keys. Like I always say you cant drive a set with out the KEYS or was that a car.image


    Hoard the keys.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SWEEEETTTT!!!! As a person who is currently trying to put together a 1940 - 1964 WQ set in (predominantly) MS66 I'm drooling looking at your gallery. I have no single favorite in your set as there are a whole bunch of beauties. Congratulations on your set!!!!
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Santion!II - Yes, the clad quarters also deserve more recognition as they are exceedingly tough to locate in the top grades. A very underrated set that should get a great deal more attention in the years ahead.

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  • TWQGTWQG Posts: 3,145 ✭✭
    Very nice presentation.
    I'll take a closer look with tonight's brew.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TomB: Thanks for the comments and the time you put in looking at all the coins 2 or 3 times. Of course, all the coins you picked are pop tops for the date and I like them as well.

    Wondercoin

    Edited to add ... CoinJunkie: You picked some absolute beauties there! I posted both of my 1943-P MS67+ coins from the pop 2 in that grade. Just curious which of the two 43-P coins you actually liked better?

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  • docgdocg Posts: 528 ✭✭
    I love them all, especially the many beautiful toners! I also love the look of your "new" 1969d MS67+ and many other of your clads!
  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>CoinJunkie: You picked some absolute beauties there! I posted both of my 1943-P MS67+ coins from the pop 2 in that grade. Just curious which of the two 43-P coins you actually liked better? >>


    Not sure I saw the second one the first time I viewed them. Upon further review, I'm going to say.......
    they're both pretty awesome, but to my eye the one in the fourth row (second coin from the left) is
    prettier, although a lot of people probably would vote for the other, since its colors are more
    "monster".

    BTW, I'm not a huge fan of Washies EXCEPT when they look like yours! Super collection.
  • wondercoinwondercoin Posts: 16,647 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coinjunkie: Thanks for letting me know. Of course, the 2nd 1943-P in MS67+ is in the 12th row ... eight rows right beneath the one you like better. The coin you picked is cleaner for the "technical grade" ... an MS68 coin in my book while the other one is (as you mentioned) a "monster" toned coin for the date. Until PCGS selects one of them to upgrade to MS68, I guess I am "stuck' with both of them image

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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Jim: Hi. Thanks for pointing out that dupe. I just asked my "webmaster" (21 yr. old son) to remove it. The only good thing about having a college guy (not to mention your son) for your webmaster is that he answers the phone at 2:30 a.m. when you ask him to fix something. LOL.Wondercoin >>



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  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's hard to pick just one, but for a combination of grade and eye appeal, I like these:

    1935-S
    1936-D
    1939-S
    1945-S
    1950-D
    1943-P
    1938-S

    The luster on those S mints from the 1930's is fantastic. Great collection!

    Jim
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow! You've really spruced the site up a lot; Site

    Here's a little more direct link to the gallery; Gallery
    Tempus fugit.

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