Posted on 12/02/2022 4:51:04 AM PST by george76
Check your quarters, you could be holding on to a piece of silver worth $55.
State coins that were minted from 1999 to 2008 are worth more than their face value as the demand for precious metals has been increasing. Some are 90% silver compared to a higher percentage of copper and nickel. The value changes depending on the current price of silver.
The value varies by state, but the priciest version is Pennsylvania at $55, followed by Connecticut at $50. Georgia is worth $48. Silver proof coins are marked with an S, meaning San Francisco Mint, and have a slightly different edge.
Other coins marked D for Denver Mint and P for Philadelphia Mint are worth less, but there are exceptions. An uncirculated Denver Mint Wisconsin quarter could be worth $100 if you find one with extra leaves on its corn cob design, according to the Nationwide Coin and Bullion Reserve. Other estimates place it at $175.
While most people won’t find the silver-proof version, other state quarters have some value.
KTLA News created a chart that shows the value of each state quarter, depending on where it was minted. It shows that Georgia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania D and P coins are worth $3.50, while the lowest value is $1 in a handful of states.
The Mint struck some S coins that were a lower silver grade, and those are worth an average of $7.03. Ohio coins are worth the most at $15, according to Coin Trackers. The lowest-priced S coins are $4 for Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia.
State quarters in mint condition are worth an average of $1.71 each, with the value changing depending on the current price of silver.
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I figure my collection of bicentennial quarters might be worth something about 100 years after I’m dead.
I started collecting coins again recently and have had a tough time finding all the state quarters in circulation. Now I know why.
Same. I wonder if I have any of these, where I would go to exchange them for the higher value than 25 cents? I have several of each state’s quarters.
I’ve got a 5-Gallon water bottle half filled with quarters. That sucker must weigh about 100lbs. Maybe some rainy week I’ll go through them...
You had to buy special "Proof Sets" to get the silver version of coins, and these being proofs also had the mirror finish on the flat areas of the coins.
I think someone wrote this story because some unwitting kid once spent some of his Proof coins on candy.
How do you find silve proof coins in circulation? Did some child pry open the plastic case to get some candy money?
You guys are definitely on the same page, and I think you’re spot on.
Mint Releases First Ever W Quarters Into Circulation
https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/mint-releases-first-ever-w-quarters-into-circulation
I think by now they have more a sentimental value to me than anything I could get for them.
Most excellent point. I was scratching my head while reading the article.
But...that stated: I’m one of the few who still uses cash.
I know from experience that you never know what you’ll be handed in change. It’s a good reminder that it’s worth a look before dropping change in a meter (as I did yesterday, without looking).
They’re talking about coins with a silver content. That is, collectible coins. That means, that the people that only coins already know this unless they inherited them.
It’s funny you mentioned the kids spending a proof set on candy. About 40 years ago my girlfriend worked at a convenience store and a kid came in and bought a bunch of candy and stuff with what was obviously his dad’s coin collection. All 90% silver coins from the ‘60s. Pre-1964.
With inflation, other coins are becoming a nuisance (much less becoming worthless), hastening the rush to a cashless society.
30 or 40 years ago it was a not so deep secret that you could buy rolls of quarters and half dollars at the bank, break them open at home, and there was a good chance you’d find plenty of silver coins. Be it 90% or 40%. Theoretically that could probably still happen but it’s not worth the trouble anymore. There just aren’t enough of them.
Yep. Personally, I think we could abolish Nichols and pennies. And maybe even dimes. But keeping dimes allows the system to remain somewhat decimal. All my life we’ve always had some amount of change in a jar somewhere just empty your pockets. Nowadays it’s hardly worth the work. You can fill up that jar with quarters and throw it away and you wouldn’t be out much.
Years ago I read about some teen who stole his dad’s coin collection. Cashed them in at a Walmart coin machine. The collection was worth over 10,000. He got something like $100.
Are you sure that state quarters have some silver content? Coins minted in 1964 or before were 90% silver (dimes, quarters, half dollars) but after that the silver was removed.
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