Found my very first silver quarter!

MiBellita · June 11, 2019 6:28AM

I was thrilled to pull this one out of the quarter machine at the laundromat. I've kept my eye out for silver but never expected to find any!
I had no idea they were so beautiful in person 😍 out of $15 in quarters, it stood out immediately.
Im sure it's not the million dollar find, but I just wanted to share my joy with you all because my fiance looks at me like I'm crazy haha

oih82w8 · June 11, 2019 6:36AM

Nice...they are out there still...I found a 64-D dime in the register till last night.

Hemispherical · June 11, 2019 7:18AM

Congrats @MiBellita!

It’s great finding silver in the wild. Love the tinkling sound of silver!

Eric_Babula · June 11, 2019 7:22AM

Congratulations, @MiBellita !! It's always fun finding silver! Back when I was a kid in the 70s, it was much easier, and that's how my coin collecting started.

Maybe your silver quarter was part of the Great American Coin Hunt! I'm hoping that the Great American Coin Hunt has done some good for at least some people new to collecting! I don't have much of a collection, but I wanted to get into the spirit, so I pulled a bunch of coins from my stash (mostly AG-VF coins I just had sitting in bags). Personally, I released about (20) IHCs and Steel Cents, (50) V-Nickels and Buffalo Nickels, and (20) Mercury Dimes back into the mainstream (some, I hid on shelves in the kids sections of Walmart, some I spent, some I dropped on the ground, some I put in soda/candy/coinstar machine coin return slots...). I still have more in my bag to get rid of (maybe about the same amount as I already released - slowly trickling out there, as I don't use cash much to spend it!). But, I'm hoping the coins are found by some budding collector out there!

ricko · June 11, 2019 8:47AM

@MiBellita .... Great find, silver is out there, but scarce....Your silver quarter is worth about $3.50.... changes with the melt value of silver.... Cheers, RickO

JBK · June 11, 2019 9:44AM

Congratulations!

It never gets old - your first one - your 10th one - it will always be exciting.

Make sure to always check the Coinstar reject slot in the supermarket if they have one there - silver is rejected in those machines. And get the fiance trained to also look when they go. Even better than finding free silver is when someone else brings you free silver.

291fifth · June 11, 2019 9:58AM

The only silver coins I have found in recent years have come from Coinstar machine reject slots. I can't even recall the last time I received a silver coin in change.

asheland · June 11, 2019 10:05AM

Great find! to the boards.

lkenefic · June 11, 2019 10:46AM

Nice find... and welcome!

GaCoinGuy · June 11, 2019 11:13AM

I've yet to find anything from the Coin Hunt. I did release a bunch of clad proofs, IHCs and V-Nicks by way of vending machines and such.

Congrats on the silver. As others have said, any free silver is good silver.

johnny9434 · June 11, 2019 11:45AM

welcome to the forums as well. congrats on your free silver as well

joeykoins · June 11, 2019 11:58AM

Hi and Welcome To School! I say school because you'll be taught in many areas such as in coins, manners, ethics and in business. I can see the coin hobby has bitten you already by posting your first Silver find. Very cool find! That Washington quarter date so happens to be the last year the Mint minted Silver coins in the wild. Being on our forum, you must remember a couple of things. #1 don't be a stranger, post often with any questions.#2 the most important thing is to have FUN! Once again, Welcome to our forum.-joey