Washington Quarters

Some people here seem to think people that post to these boards should all know from the beginning how to collect coins. They seem to forget that at one point they too were beginners. They seem to want to criticize without offering a reasonable beginning point for new collectors. Having said that,

Hi @Conita1218 Welcome to the Boards!!!

Washingtons are a lot of fun. Congratulations on starting off collecting them. As mentioned by some of the others on these boards, you should squish the staples flat (with pliers for example) so that they don't hurt the other coins you might put into the same coin box with these coins.

If you are starting with circulated silver Washingtons you might want to start with Washingtons from 1945 - 1964. Coins from those years comparable to the ones that you have posted above should all be available for basically silver melt value. A Washington quarter will have .1808 troy ounces of silver. Here's a link that will let you know approximately what silver melt value is on any given day, since silver prices fluctuate over time.

https://silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/coin_calculator.aspx

All coins are graded on a 0 to 70 scale. Coins from 0 - 58 are considered circulated while coins from 60 - 70 are considered uncirculated. The ones that you've posted above are circulated. To give you an idea of grading Washingtons, you might check out this PCGS website:

https://pcgs.com/photograde/#/Washington/Grades

To get to the circulated Washington pictures, click on the lefthand side little gray circles underneath the pictures of Washingtons and above the [Start Over] link.

If you have a local coin dealer you might check them out, and see if they are offering circulated Washingtons at close to melt prices. Just like every other human endeavor, there are good coin dealers that are happy to help Newbies, and complete jackass coin dealers that want to rip Newbies off. See what kind you have.

If you want to see some other Washingtons, if you do a search with a given year of Washingtons from 1932 - 1964... then the mints that Washingtons were produced at that year... then Washingtons you should find a lot of my Washington posts.

For example type in the search window:
1954 PDS Washingtons

and a couple of posts of mine should show up. Be aware that you need to type in the specific mints that produced Washingtons in that given year, for example in 1934 only type in 1934 PD, or in 1938 type in 1938 PS, and then follow that with the word Washingtons.

If you have questions feel free to PM me. Please realize I might not respond quickly, but I will respond eventually.

The single most important thing to remember about collecting coins is TO HAVE FUN!!!