Mohawk

Wow. My son would probably love that.

The state quarter coins were hot with strong prices until the program ended.  Then people moved on to the next hot item and  interest in state quarters flagged.  Once the ATB quarters end we will probably see the same thing even for the "low mintage" W quarters.  I believe ALL the S mint business strikes have mintages well below the W quarters and except for the REALLY top end pieces most of them are under $10, some down to $6.  And that is for slabbed coins.  With the lower mintage S coins doing that, I don't see much long term potential for the more common W's.

Hi Krzycoins,
In reviewing your photos, I think that your coin has machine doubling, which is extremely common on US coins from about the mid-1950's through the 1970's.  The shelf-like appearance of the doubling is a telltale indicator of this kind of doubling, which adds no value to a coin.
Sorry the news wasn't better.  Better luck next time!
~Tom

Hi TON,
I agree with Greenstang on all points.  He's got this one just right.

Well, Manuel, I don't know....I've never sent a coin I used E-Z Est on in for grading.  It may be worth an experiment.  If I come across the right coin to undertake an experiment with, I'll do so and let you guys know.  It may take a bit though.

Just another service I offer with a smile.

That took me back to when I was a kid, Taking an eraser and showing it off to my friends saying that I had just gotten it from the bank. Or putting dollars bills in the between the encyclopedia pages to make them look crisp. :D. you know, Just showing off.  

Thompson,
In the case of Hinkle's coin, I think you nailed it.  I wouldn't be surprised if they had one of the really old-school Whitman folders that told them to take a pencil eraser to the obverses of their coins to make them all shiny and pretty.

Fausti says it's not easy being green......

....but man I think it's a good color on her!

I've never even been near the Mason-Dixon Line (I'm a NY-California boy)......maybe that's why I'm so unhandy.  I was that kid who couldn't even get a Lego set to look like the box

Hi Dr. S
First off, welcome to the forum!  As for W quarters having investment potential, I'd say that they do not have long term investment potential.  There are a few reasons for this.  The first one, you already brought up...it's not like the ATB quarters are a widely collected, popular series.  They're not and these W quarters are highly unlikely to change that.  So the long term demand scenario looks rather bleak for these coins and much of what determines the value of a coin is the demand for it.  Higher demand, higher price.  Secondly, 2 million isn't that low of a mintage.  There are some of the S mint business strike coins that have mintages below 2 million and some of the silver proofs have mintages well below that point and they aren't particularly valuable coins.  These coins are hot right now because they're being hyped up and because of what I call the "fad factor", meaning that they're the hot new thing and some people need to have the hot new thing right now.  Don't buy into the hype on this one.
I hope that this helps!
~Tom

I think a lot of dealers dip all their dingy Morgans in ammonia (or something). If you see a display case with not a single dingy-looking Morgan, might start to ask yourself how they all got so pretty. Then again, I think a lot of dealers are coin-doctoring maniacs.
I don't think MS70 is meant as a dip, but a soak. I've had good luck with using it to decrudulate coins, but the point was always that they were crudulated to begin with, and were never going to be worth much, so my liability was limited. The objective there is to loosen up the crud so that it will respond to other removal efforts (I don't recommend a q-tip). Had I suspected any of them were rare, I'd have sent them in to be cleaned conserved conserved conserved (I keep forgetting, sorry) by professionals.

A huge thank-you to everyone that helps on this forum. You guys have helped so many people.

I just broke my no auction rule....but for a very good reason:


Gotta love a green Faustina........If you're reading this, Don, I really do have the copper bug!

Fausti says it's not easy being green......

....but man I think it's a good color on her!

Man, Don, that is nuts!  Now, I knew about the countermarked 8 reales but I didn't know that the countermarks were counterfeited!  That's really crazy.....this is part of what I love about being here so much, you never know what I'm going to learn next!  Thank you so much for sharing that, my friend.
~Tom

I was thinking 64+ or 65 myself Bob.  If it were a Wide Rim, it'd be a pretty good find.  In addition to being the scarcer variety, they seem to have been much more poorly made on average. 

Agreed with Craw, Travis.  It's a nice coin, but it wouldn't get an MS 67.  I'd say if you're building an album set of SBA dollars, that coin would make an excellent addition to it

Love Faustina coins! I think all ancients are fascinating.

You sometimes see this same thing with Denver minted zinc Lincolns from the 1980's.  It seems especially bad on coins from 1983, 1984 and 1988 for some reason.

Well you have to admit if he did have a Philadelphia small date, it WOULD be worth big bucks.   

Coin is invisible. Doubt that this happened at the mint.

If you save enough of them, you can get a toaster.
 
 
 
 
 
 
j/k

Thanks everyone, that was so close. But I'll keep hunting. All I can say I'm getting closer to that really great find. But good thing I don't get my hopes up, just a really good gutt feeling. I feel like the guy under that dollar hanging from the end of the fishing line and the old man pulling on the other end, saying you almost got it. 🤣🤣Idk if you ever watch the super bowl commercials but that how it feels lol.😂😎

I was thinking 64+ or 65 myself Bob.  If it were a Wide Rim, it'd be a pretty good find.  In addition to being the scarcer variety, they seem to have been much more poorly made on average.