I havent been having much luck with halves so I switched to quarters...

[unclehuckelberry]

I haven't been having much luck with halves so I switched to quarters...

And found this half way through the first box of quarters I've ever done. Still have half the box to go through.

 

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[rex]

Not really. The 40%'er is worth $4.11 and the a 90% quarter is worth $5.02. Selling a 90% quarter, you have a better chance of getting melt. Good luck getting melt for a 40%'er.

oops my bad. i haven't ever sold 40%ers for melt value. why do they not want to pay melt value for them?

 

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[fistfulladirt]

oops my bad. i haven't ever sold 40%ers for melt value. why do they not want to pay melt value for them?

Being only 40% silver, they just aren't as desirable. Costs more to refine them also. Back in the day we tossed 'em back.

 

[Diver_Down]

oops my bad. i haven't ever sold 40%ers for melt value. why do they not want to pay melt value for them?

For one, they are more difficult to refine so there are additional costs and expenses. If you are selling to coin dealer, they don't have a large customer demand for 40% junk silver bags so they will more than likely accumulate and sell the bulk wholesale to another dealer. In which case, they still need to make money on the flip. The only way to get melt or more is to sell direct via Craigslist or eBay. Of course, you have fees with eBay that will negate a higher winning bid and you have the chance of being robbed with CL. With that in mind, most people are willing to sell less than melt for the sake of security.

 

[CoinFetcher]

I hate to give out wrong information, but the premise is the same. The clad ATB San Fran quarters will be the key the series if not the entire Washington series including the silver issues. El Yunque had an approx. 600k mintage. Chaco Canyon is currently at 480k mintage.

Would the key dates be business strikes, or proofs of these ATB quarters?

 

[Diver_Down]

Would the key dates be business strikes, or proofs of these ATB quarters?

business strikes. I don't have the exact mintage figures of proofs (both clad and silver), but they are easily in the millions. The potential to find these S-mint clad business strike coins is a very real possibility as some of the lesser quality are discarded.

 

[CoinFetcher]

business strikes. I don't have the exact mintage figures of proofs (both clad and silver), but they are easily in the millions. The potential to find these S-mint clad business strike coins is a very real possibility as some of the lesser quality are discarded.

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. I want you to find some gold on the beach Today Diver_Down - how does that sound?

 

[usernameerror]

there silver content makes them worth as much as 40% halves.

Let me clarify. I meant that it would be nice if the odds if finding silver quarters were higher.

 

[Diver_Down]

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. I want you to find some gold on the beach Today Diver_Down - how does that sound?

I wish it was so, but we are have a sub-tropical wave move through on the First Coast. We've already received 4-6" of rain this morning and parts of A1A are under water. Not a good day for the beach.