Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

i have nothing better to due tonight so i was thinking about going through my 90% to see if there are any key dates to send off for grading and resale....does anyone have a general list for dimes, quarters and halves???

Re: Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

Well when it comes to mercury dimes, the only really valuable one is the 1916-D. The 1921 and 1921-D are both semi key dates. None of the roseys are all that valuable.

For washington quarters, the 1932-S and 1932-D are both keys. There are some double die errors that are valuable, but you'll know those when you look at them.

As far as walking liberty halves, there are several. Anything before 1923 deserves very close scrutiny. Also, the 1938-D is a big date.

As far as Franklins, the 1955 is the only one worth separating from the herd.

Obviously, if you've got 90% older than what I listed, like the barber coins, you would not include those in junk silver. They can routinely bring a lot more ebay, even in poor condition.

Re: Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

thanks...just what i was looking for....anything of note with standing liberty quarters??

Re: Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

Here is the PCGS website for determining which ones are keys and semi keys. The prices are inflated because they represent the retail price of a coin in slab that has been graded by PCGS. Still it can give you a good idea of which ones are worth more than the average.

I do know that standing liberty quarters almost always sell for more than junk silver prices. Especially if the date is legible.

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/


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Re: Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

check PCGS.com for price lists and do the BETTER priced coins that you feel will grade good for you.

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If you're talking about circulated coins, you will perhaps find a few coins that historically have been "keys" or "semi-keys", and finding any of these would be like "Merry Christmas!".

Personally, if I had any 90% and was going to search it, I would firstly invest in a red book. It will list the mintage number of all coins from all mints in all years. And I wouldn't care whether the book is current year new or (say) 5 years old, because the mintage numbers that are listed on the coins will most generally be the same. If the mint has revised an actual number it will always be up, not down and so infrequent that I wouldn't worry about it.

I'd do this because it's a fact that because of the huge melts over the years, the mintage numbers mean nothing relevant to the number of coins of each particular type, mint, and year, that exist today. Nobody knows how many of the coins exist so some coins that were never considered keys or semi-keys now actually are...but nobody knows which ones they are because nobody knows how many of each type/date/mint have been melted.

Anyway, what I would do is get the book and looking at the mintage numbers of (say) Roos. dimes, determine a "cut-off" number and then sort out for the long-haul, all the coins I find that have mintage numbers at or below that number. I would put them in tubes and make sure I marked 'em "Save" and "are comaratively low mintage coins.

Down the road you may find that you have some real "keys" as dealers begin to sort out which coins they don't see many of anymore.

Good luck!

Re: Is There A List Of Key Dates??
 

That is excellent advice.

I've read stories about refiners melting $1000 bag after $1000 bag of junk silver, without knowing squat about which mints and years was inside. At $45/oz. it was all getting tossed in the melting pot.

It will be real interesting to see in the coming years if new "keys" are indeed needed to complete collections.