I think also there was just not as many lost to begin with.While still being minted a quarter was a worth alot more than they are today.You could actually buy multiple useful and needed items with 1 quarter.Also being larger ,heavier coins they were not as easy to lose as say a dime.
In the 1950's & 60's a quarter was useful so imagine what purchasing power that same coin had in the 1800's.
A quarter was worth $3.43 in 1800 compared to its worth in 2014.
A quarter was worth $3.43 in 1800 compared to its worth in 2014.
This isn't correct. The combined inflation rate since the year 1890 is 25x. That means that quarter back then would be closer to $6.25. While that may not seem like a big difference to us, it almost double the value. You also have to look at average wages. A common laborer worked 6 days a week to earn about $10 or about $1.66 a day. So that quarter was worth quite a bit of his daily wage. Just to compare that to today, that would be a minimum wage earner working 60 hours (the hours worked in 1890) for $435 or about $72 a day. That earned quarter in 1890 is equal to the minimum wager earning $10 today.
A quarter was worth $3.43 in 1800 compared to its worth in 2014.
I think also there was just not as many lost to begin with.While still being minted a quarter was a worth alot more than they are today.You could actually buy multiple useful and needed items with 1 quarter.Also being larger ,heavier coins they were not as easy to lose as say a dime.
In the 1950's & 60's a quarter was useful so imagine what purchasing power that same coin had in the 1800's.
And the value of that same silver quarter will buy you a gallon of gas today.Heck, a quarter could buy you a gallon of gas in 1950.
I've found more than 100 clad quarters but no silver quarters. Why are silver quarters so hard to find?
They are big and give loud signals so they are easy for even poor detectors to find. There is almost zero virgin ground left, so it becomes very hard to find them. I have always told people, if you are digging silver quarters at a spot you need to hunt it hard, thorough and multiple times because others haven't and it's most likely still holding plenty of goods.
That's why I'm glad sometimes I live up here in Nova Scotia. Virgin ground is everywhere you turn. More places to hunt and stuff to find than I would ever have the time for. It's no problem to pick a spot and at least get a 1950's or 60's silver coin a lot of the time. Lots of older silver here to find too but defiantly a little more work. With all this snow and ice no silver now though. [emoji3]
I would be jealous if you didn't have all that white stuff to deal with! You can keep the winter weather up there as far as I'm concerned.