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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 12, 2019 1:18PM

    nice! Now, even though that design "w" has been found, shouldn't that "W" quarter still be a desirable quarter to keep and maybe have graded? There still is the low mintage factor, right?

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice pick up

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Excellent!!!!! One down, four more designs to go~

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 12, 2019 7:55PM

    Congrats @Eagleguy! As @Onastone mentioned four more to go.

    @joeykoins All depends if your into collecting them. Check Bay listings of raw and slabbed Ws (Lowell and American Memorial) and they are all over the place.

    I’m hunting them but that’s because I’m trying to keep my self-imposed W set up-to-date. ;):D

    Edit yo fix typo.

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    coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the Lowell W first week of discovery are getting fairly reasonable, as more are showing up for sale

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    EagleguyEagleguy Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My eyes are shot so I can't make out mint marks without my glasses. I handed my change to my son to see if he needed any of the quarters for his Whitman folders and he saw it. Had to explain why there were special mint marks this year. He was sad to hear it wasn't the one with the remaining bounty but he is determined to keep looking. So at least the purpose of the hunt is having the desired effect.

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    EagleguyEagleguy Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have to add that it has been many years since I diligently checked my pocket change and I'm feeling a little of the old excitement.

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,457 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find :)

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    ECHOESECHOES Posts: 2,974 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very Cool!
    This is what I'm hoping for... :#

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find.... I am still hunting my W quarter... will get more active this week.... Cheers, RickO

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    tommyrusty7tommyrusty7 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭✭

    There are thousands of people that do not live in areas where these coins are being found. I am one of the lucky ones who have been able to go through 4 to 8 boxes a day and find my share of them;

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    EagleguyEagleguy Posts: 2,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I haven't been paying attention to where the others are being found but for what it's worth, this one was found in Long Island, NY

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Eagleguy said:
    I haven't been paying attention to where the others are being found but for what it's worth, this one was found in Long Island, NY

    Thanks @Eagleguy, answered the question before I asked. Many reports of ‘finds’ have been along the east coast, but there are many more popping up.

    Current pop by our host:

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    rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on your find

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing like finding a collectible coin in the wild.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm still waiting to find one... Good catch!

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's on the reverse a Bingo Ball Spinner?

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    What's on the reverse a Bingo Ball Spinner?

    LOL!

    Actually it’s a bobbin battery to power the loom. But I guess it could be retrofitted to spin the Lotto ball, too. :D

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    DBSTrader2DBSTrader2 Posts: 3,530 ✭✭✭✭

    Juat found my second ever "W" quarter in the wild! I'm not roll-searching or actively collecting a set, but I'll keep them whenever I find them. This one, a beautiful AU "Tallgrass Prairie" comes courtesy of my wife's MahJong winnings today. So not only do I get her out of the house & out of my hair for several hours every Monday (just kidding, hon! :o;) ), but I get an added bonus of an unexpected "W" quarter to boot! Life is good.............. :)

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DBSTrader2 said:
    Juat found my second ever "W" quarter in the wild! I'm not roll-searching or actively collecting a set, but I'll keep them whenever I find them. This one, a beautiful AU "Tallgrass Prairie" comes courtesy of my wife's MahJong winnings today. So not only do I get her out of the house & out of my hair for several hours every Monday (just kidding, hon! :o;) ), but I get an added bonus of an unexpected "W" quarter to boot! Life is good.............. :)

    Congratulations. You found one of the hot ones too. You should hunt for more. These are going to be a highly sought after item! Good Luck
    :)

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    davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tommyrusty7 said:
    There are thousands of people that do not live in areas where these coins are being found. I am one of the lucky ones who have been able to go through 4 to 8 boxes a day and find my share of them;

    what do you do with all those quarters after going through them?

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    Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2021 2:39PM

    I still have never found one in the wild 🤨
    Have done well at eBay auctions and got some first week etc.

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    anablepanablep Posts: 5,204 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have yet to find a W quarter on Long Island (or anywhere FWIW).

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    derrybderryb Posts: 38,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    More likely the W found you.

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    tommyrusty7tommyrusty7 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭✭

    I don't even check my change for them now .

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still haven't found one in the wild either. @Jzyskowski1 @anablep

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Nice find.... I am still hunting my W quarter... will get more active this week.... Cheers, RickO

    Well it's been half a year since you said this, did you find one yet?

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    moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Eagleguy said:
    I have to add that it has been many years since I diligently checked my pocket change and I'm feeling a little of the old excitement.

    I think it's been many years since i had any pocket change. Debit card, anyone?

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    JMS1223JMS1223 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    Still haven't found one in the wild either. @Jzyskowski1 @anablep

    Me neither and I probably went through 100 different quarters last week. Yes, I know that’s hardly anything to most of the roll hunters but I am not a roll hunter. I just check change. I, however, had a friend find one in the “wild” that they gave to me so I have one that way but never one I found myself. Will keep looking though.

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @moursund I only use plastic in emergency situations or when in a foreign country that doesn't use Dollars.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2021 4:59PM

    What are the "W" quarters going for nowadays?

    I haven't followed the going on and haven't found any.

    Pete

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    tommyrusty7tommyrusty7 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭✭

    I found thousands of them but sold them all when I found them and have none left and have not even been following them to see what they are going for now. I remember selling them for $100 + when they first came out.

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2021 5:27PM

    @BuffaloIronTail said:
    What are the "W" quarters going for nowadays?

    I haven't followed the going on and haven't found any.

    Pete

    (This is just the lazy way. I know I can go on E-Bay and look).

    Check the bay. Raw examples are decently priced as well as graded. The Raw 2020 W Tallgrass Prairie- about $40? My PCGS graded ms 67 went for $750 at my last show visit.
    ;)

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    JWPJWP Posts: 34,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've found 15 from circulation or bank circulated rolls. They are harder find every day. At the beginning of 2019 the chance of finding 1 was 1 per every 5 rolls. Now I go through 20-25 rolls and maybe find just 1. I love looking through coin rolls and when i find a gem, just want to hunt some more.

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    moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    @moursund I only use plastic in emergency situations or when in a foreign country that doesn't use Dollars.

    Do you also use a "billfold" made of leather, which creaks and has moths flying out of it? :grin:

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    gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No I use my front pocket of my pants. No wallet or billfold.

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    WQuarterFreddieWQuarterFreddie Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:
    No I use my front pocket of my pants. No wallet or billfold.

    Me too!😎

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,455 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I use the microchip in my head

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Onastone.... No...I have not found one yet..... Still looking... Cheers, RickO

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,369 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I found 2 last month, but have to agree, the odds of finding them now is getting tougher. I still believe they haven't all been released into the wild yet, banks around here are still crying coin shortage and can't get their full coin orders from Brinks.

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @anablep said:
    I have yet to find a W quarter on Long Island (or anywhere FWIW).

    Another Long Islander here.

    Also found nada

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    Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m in Colorado mountains and no luck here😉

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