Need Some Advice on Type-B Quarters

halfhunter

While perusing coin rolls on e-Bay, I found a 1957 quarter roll that had an interesting spread between the E & S of STATES. From the dealers photo it was a little hard to tell if the arrow leaf was above the arrow tips, looked to be, but I convinced myself that there was definitely an "ES" spread.



Sellers pic:





Anyway, I keep going back and ogling this roll on my watch list for several days, but the BIN was a little more than I would generally spend on a roll of '57s.

Kept talking about the roll and explaining Type-B to my girlfriend. I think she was tired of me going on about it so she told me to just buy the damn thing . . . so I did.

The roll arrives and I confirm the EOR reverse is type-B.



The roll sits around a few more days while I'm trying to decide whether to bust it or not. Finally decided to do the dirty deed to get that type-B for my collection.

Run the rest of the roll under my digital scope and it turns out that the roll contains 32 uncirculated type-Bs and 8 type-As.









Now here's where I could use some help.



What does one do with 32 B quarters? I only need 1 or 2.

What is the approximate value of BU '57 Bs? I've looked on e-Bay but prices are all over the place.

What would be the best venue to sell these? I have never sold on e-Bay. Should I consign them?

Would it be better to have them graded, maybe by ANACS or?



Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!



TIA



HH

1tommy

Honestly think I was the last person on this site to start and finish the Type B and C set.



The 1957 has one of the highest pop reports at pcgs. There are 71 in MS 66 and 16 in MS 67.



There is just not the collector base there used to be with these. I would pick five of the best if you think 67 and send them in without variety first under economy tier.



There is just no point in paying for the variety fee on any of these unless you hit a 67.



Its just as cheap to send them without first and than pick the ones that made the grade and send back for reholder and variety on that coin.



Price guide for a 67 is at 400 and the 66 sells for 110 but you can expect less than guide.



With as many as you found it just show's that there are many of these still in rolls to be found.



Sell all the others on ebay raw one at a time. I still think its a nice score to find these and congrats and good luck.



Enjoy What do you think they would grade?



My Variety Set......

halfhunter

Thanks for the info!



I knew that these were one of the more common dates, but I didn't know that there is so little interest in them.

To me these are a lot more interesting than some obscure doubling that has to be blown up bigger than a dinner plate just to see, LOL.

It's also a little puzzling that the TPGs charge attribution fees for these since they should be easily detected during the normal grading process.



I haven't looked at all of them for grade but the ones I've tried to grade look 63-65.



HH

ProofArtworkonCircs

According to the late great Bill Edwards who looked for these in the then circulating coinage, 1957 was the most common date for a type B.
I agree with halfhunter that more fuss should be made over these. Type B (and the almost identical type H) were used from 1937 (proofs) to 1972 (proofs and a very few D mint).
Years 1943-1949 and 1965-1967 were skipped for proof production.

Regular circulation strikes were also made for that entire time span of 37 years. There was also some minor modification on these quarters. I think that was a record for two varieties to co-exist. The number of actual years when both were coined would be 27 - another record I think.