A Fun Find From Pocket Change

[DC Dawg]

Although I am not a cherry picker, I do go through pocket change to see what I find. My wife handed a baggie full of change and said that she needed soda money. That means pick out the quarters and fill up the quarter tube so she can buy her daily Coca Cola. I started picking out the quarters and one caught my eye. It was worn but it had a distinct color. I dropped the coins on the desk and heard that distinct "ting." A sound of days gone by. The sound of a silver quarter!

 

It's a 1964 Washington Quarter, about EF, some luster but it has been circulated. The coin is worth about $2.85 in metals, according to Coinflation.com, which is probably more than its numismatic value! But it does not matter... it was fun to find!!

 

Scott

[physics-fan3.14]

My brother found one of these in his laundry money a couple of days ago. He called me to ask if it was worth anything. Cool find.

[Just Bob]

I'm old enough to remember finding the occasional silver coin in my change, but it hasn't happened in about 15 years. Nice to know it's still possible. Great luck finding that one, Scott!

[stinkycheese1]

Very nice scott. Recently my mom found me a 1961 silver quarter with some good luster still while working. Always fun to find silver.

 

[Hoot]

That's outstanding. I love finding these and every now and then putting something old in circulation - IHC, buff 5c or some wheaties. My favorite pocket find remains my 1988-P Washington 25c broadstruck.

 

Hoot

[jtryka]

Silver is always fun to find!

[TomB]

Excellent finds! (thumbs u While I haven't found a silver or broadstruck quarter in change, I have found one that appeared to have some type of animal stuck to it.

[Conder101]

My favorite pocket find remains my 1988-P Washington 25c broadstruck.

Are you sure that's broadstruck and not slightly offcenter? To be a broadstrike the collar die has to be missing but that coin appears to have reeding at 6:00 and 12:00.

[bsshog40]

Great find Scott. It's always nice to find anything silver in pocket change nowadays.

[Hoot]

My favorite pocket find remains my 1988-P Washington 25c broadstruck.

Are you sure that's broadstruck and not slightly offcenter? To be a broadstrike the collar die has to be missing but that coin appears to have reeding at 6:00 and 12:00.

 

Actually, the coin is a partial collar from 11 to 2 and 4 to 7 o'clock. The partial was limited to about 0.5 mm toward the reverse edge of the coin; the rest of the edge is smooth. There is no evidence of reeding on the edge from 7 to 11 o'clock (or 2 to 4), thus the asymmetry of the expanded flan (a Blakesley-like effect).

 

Hoot

[Bruceswar]

my best find in the last year was a Wisconsin Low Leaf...

[sro114-migration]

I get $50.00 mint bags of lincolns from my bank. I then occasionally go through them looking for treasure. (I know I've got too much time on my hands) Anyway, several years ago I found approximately $4.00 worth of 1964 Roosevelts. You just never know what you will find.