Found a quarter made in 1966

[Gizmo j]

 

[brianmanahan]

but what about a quarter made in 1994 in los angeles

 

[JEDIYoda]

ITS WORTH -- .25 CENTS

 

[MtnMan]

ITS WORTH -- .25 CENTS

Actually with the silver in it, probably a lot more.

 

[lxskllr]

No silver in a 66 quarter. Two years too late.

 

[zinfamous]

No silver in a 66 quarter. Two years too late.

Didn't they still use some percentage of silver up until ~72 or so?

And I think copper vanished from pennies ~1981?

I have a giant sack of silver quarters and coins (lot of dollars), that granddad and grandma kept for years. You know, like probably every one in the generation raised during the Depression > served in WW2, heh.

 

[zinfamous]

but what about a quarter made in 1994 in los angeles

 

[lxskllr]

Didn't they still use some percentage of silver up until ~72 or so?

And I think copper vanished from pennies ~1981?

I have a giant sack of silver quarters and coins (lot of dollars), that granddad and grandma kept for years. You know, like probably every one in the generation raised during the Depression > served in WW2, heh.

I looked it up before I posted, cause I remembered some kind of weirdness with them. The half dollar from 1965-1970 were clad in 40% silver. The rest lost all their silver in 1965.

 

[snoopy7548]

I have some silver quarters, dimes, and nickels from when I was a kid (along with other coins), and I still check all of my coins to see if they are silver, even the pennies.

 

[lxskllr]

I haven't seen a buffalo nickle in ages. Used to get them somewhat frequently when I was a kid. I might get a silver coin every other year or two. I don't find too many of those either.

 

[brianmanahan]

forget 1966 AD, i want silver coins from 2000-2500 years ago

next on my list is a baktrian tetradrachm, possibly eukratides if i can find a deal on him

 

[snoopy7548]

forget 1966 AD, i want silver coins from 2000-2500 years ago

next on my list is a baktrian tetradrachm, possibly eukratides if i can find a deal on him

That dude has a killer chin!

 

[brianmanahan]

That dude has a killer chin!

the portraits of the baktrian kings were unrivaled in style by anything except some of the greek coins from a couple hundred years earlier

i love the hat of demetrius i

 

[brianmanahan]

iran and afghanistan have such amazing histories

i would love to be able to visit them someday

maybe if i ever get to 70 or 80 and things are a little better i'll say screw it and take a trip

 

[ponyo]

forget 1966 AD, i want silver coins from 2000-2500 years ago

next on my list is a baktrian tetradrachm, possibly eukratides if i can find a deal on him

Most of those ancient silver coins are modern fakes. Even so called authenticated coins are likely fakes. I wouldn’t trust any ancient coins as real even if it’s certified genuine. The whole industry is corrupt.

 

[brianmanahan]

Even so called authenticated coins are likely fakes. I wouldn’t trust any ancient coins as real even if it’s certified genuine. The whole industry is corrupt.

you think NGC is running some sort of elaborate hoax?

 

[IronWing]

I was skeptical of the Sumerian debit card but the seller showed me a receipt and the last four digits matched.

 

[brianmanahan]

I was skeptical of the Sumerian debit card but the seller showed me a receipt and the last four digits matched.

fun fact, ironwing in sumero-akkadian is 𒀭𒁇𒉺 (parzillu-kappu)

though it more likely would be phrased "wing of iron", kappu parzillu-ak

 

[ponyo]

you think NGC is running some sort of elaborate hoax?

NGC and PCGS are a joke. All grading companies are a joke.

 

[sdifox]

I was skeptical of the Sumerian debit card but the seller showed me a receipt and the last four digits matched.

If it didn't have Arnold on it, it was a fake.

 

[brianmanahan]

NGC and PCGS are a joke. All grading companies are a joke.

usually people who balk at the ancients are at least fine with the moderns. i'm generally fine with both, though i prefer ancients.

i certainly wouldn't buy from a tourist trap place, or ebay, because both of those places are likely to get you an obvious fake.

but i feel pretty safe buying from known dealers who've been in the business for 30-40 years, and cross checking their coins against known dies in catalogs that are between 20 and 200 years old.

most ancients really aren't that rare - some roman emperors minted almost 100 millions of silver coins a year around 200-300 AD. and the athenians pumped out a huge amount of owl silver tetradrachms between 450 and 400 BC, over 10 million total. it was so widespread across europe and the middle east that it sort of became the default currency, and some other civilizations made their currency look similar with an owl on it for the next 100-200 years.