Washington Quarter Registry Thread

Yes it is and I got my other 3 grades over the weekend. All I can say Now is NOT the time to submit Washington Quarters. In the past 6 years I have never got a MS 62 and Now in the past month I have 2 MS 62.



On the flip side if there grading this series truly tough at this time that would mean some of the coins coming out may upgrade later when times change. I picked up this 1959 because I like it and looks alot better than some of the 67's I have seen. Alot cheaper and I like the retro label.



Enjoy

I'll toss one up to welcome the new forum look.
Nothing earth moving but I'm glad to add it to my set.
Hard to see in the pic but there is a nice subtle rainbow on the obv.

Hey tom did you ever send those coins back in for a regrade? Also sad to report that the 1959 I bought from Mayer Numismatics was either stolen or Lost at the Anaheim Post office. Coin was logged into anaheim oct 3 and talking to the dealer his response was this happens every once in awhile? I really wanted that coin and now looks like I will get a refund instead.............Going to leave it in my set and see if anyone tries to register it.... Enjoy tom

That's a lovely coin. As soon as I saw the reverse I assumed it would be a 1958-D. These can come with awesome colors.

Here are a trio that I call my triplets. They were sent in at the same time by me, in the 1990s, and all came back the same grade with consecutive cert numbers. I'll post the obverse images now and the reverses later-

@TomB
"I'll post the obverse images now and the reverses later-"

The suspense is killin' me.

I call them the triplets because I purchased them from the same collection on the same evening and they are the same year and mintmark. Additionally, I sent them to PCGS on the same invoice and they all received the same grade. Lastly, they look pretty similar; the colorfully toned areas actually have a glow to them and the off-white areas have a satiny or mossy tint to them. I always thought the consistency was cool.

I like coins like this that exhibit split or multiple personalities.

When you can have luster, crust, color, satin, white,.......in any combination on the same coin it gives it a certain personality, imho.

Also, I like how you can remember the circumstances of the pick-up some 20 years after the fact and have named them.

@Pokeplayer101 said:
+I was reading Tom! Were they given MS67+?

Thanks!

These were graded in the 1990s well before PCGS started using the + for grading. They have never been sent back for regrade. Each was graded MS67. Interestingly enough, back in the 1990s PCGS was really hesitant to give any WQ the MS67 grade and the populations of such coins were minuscule. If I recall correctly, there were only nine PCGS MS67 1951-S WQs until I sent this trio in and then the population "exploded" to a full dozen. Currently, the PCGS population for this coin in MS67 is in excess of 150-pieces.

I have never seen one of these 1943-S RPM coins in-hand, but the images make it look like the S is severely malformed. Is it a double mintmark or do you think there are more than two?

Well I just went back and pulled up this picture from when I bought the coin. Part of the S is protruding from your left hand tail of the S But with a good glass you can also see another part coming out of the middle of the east of the S.

For some reason the true view if you look at that picture you will see the eagles right wing looks like it was die polished out? But in this picture that is not the case. I also think with a good loupe you will see what I saw.

The S itself is flat and fat but I am thinking 2 strikes s over s south and inverted s. Honestly I cannot figure out that tail coming off the s in that direction....Its interesting....And the True View just looks weird,,,,,,,

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Congrats Mark On hitting 40 percent and that's another nice addition to Your set. I also saw Mike (Morgandollar1878 ) hit 50 percent on his Set. That's gonna be the milestone for me is the 50 percent on a 185 coin set. Hopefully with all the varieties I have in there now I will be close..........Enjoy Tom

Thank's Tom

Picture of the 43 S in the CPG does not really show what it looks like in Hand. Here is another one Just Back. Population is now 14 with 11 in MS now including this 1949 D FS 601 MS 62. Another coin I just learned the pickup points and found Raw.

Enjoy Tom

@AllCoinsRule That's quite a gorgeous 1960.

@1tommy Is there some die polishing action on that 1949 D/D?

That's a Nice 1964 and there has been a few coins I have missed for various reasons but I always think there are so many others out there yet to be found. Plus I hope someday @TomB is going to let a few of his beautiful coins go so I try to hold off on anything but the Varieties.

Mark I sent you a PM with the Pickup points on Both of the 49 d. I still have 4 coins getting graded and hopefully the 1943 S is the Trumpet Tail and I am right on the other 3 varieties. I added all of the other ones that just got done and our host shipped them yesterday and will take a picture as I had them all put in the New Green holders with there Quarterly Special.......

Enjoy Tom

pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset.aspx?s=78469

Please help make the PCGS management understand that the U.S. is still here and still a valuable market.
Maybe if enough people voice their opinion, the management will realize that this registry is one of the most valuable asset they have and they have already let it become second best to the NGC registry.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/971767/registry-set-updates-or-lack-there-of#latest

The earliest pop report in my possession is dated November 1993. The 2-page Washington 25c section is depicted below :

I recognize several coins in the listing as coins I own or once owned, including 2 of the clad 25c listed. As you can see, it was easy to make pop 1/0 clad 25c at the time!

Sometime in 1991 PCGS had instituted a cheaper ($15) modern/economy grading tier. I was a modern collector and had started submitting Ikes, SBAs and Kennedies. In September 1992, I submitted my first clad 25c, a 1978, For something like a year, this was the only clad 25c in PCGS ms67/better, i.e, pop 1/0 for the type. Below is a picture of the holder, a PCGS generation 4. The coin itself is interesting and I will try to get pics of it.

Life can be quite a roller coaster and I am likely to let go of three of my Washington Quarters in the next few days or so. I have plenty of ideas of who I might share this with but thought I would share it here as well. If anyone in the know might wish to share with me what I should ask for them or any other helpful information, please send me a PM. Thank you.

1961 PR66

1962 PR67

1963 PR67

@MANOFCOINS said:
Just saw some old coins I once owned. Still have my Washington coin set, have not updated my registry set in a very long time. Dropped out for a while. I think my set would rank in top 5 still. Forgot how to link coins even. Some real beautiful coins listed on this thread.

You don't even have to link coins anymore. If you have the images on your desktop (laptop, whatever...) you may simply drag and drop them into your post to share them.

I recently added a 1940-S MS67+ to my set because the color was in line with what I wanted for my collection. I haven't owned the coin for a week before the pop just rose again on the date. LOL. Wondercoin

@CA5MAN said:
This one just back from the grading room, graded way too low in my opinion.

It does look better than a 65. Nice coin.

Craig,

On the Cirt verification page it says you own the 1950S MS68.
pcgs.com/cert/81480221

WOW!!!!!!! That's all I can say...............

Enjoy Tom

https://pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset/78469