There many reason for dumping proof into the circulating but the most common happens when collectors buy many proofs sets and then cherry pick the best. The best are graded and sell for high prices. The rest are then sold for albums for a few dollars, those that are not sold have no real extra value and can still be used for face value.
Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents-Washington D.C. / United States
Year: 2009 S
Mintage: 2,113,478
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.35 in F-12
Do you have a state quarter and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.
Interesting find!
ReplyDeleteI have recently been given a reasonably large collection of coins from an elderly couple's father. The elderly couple found out that I am interested in collecting coins from my grandma who gave me the coins on behalf of them.
The man who died was obviously a someone who went abroad a lot. He was born in the 1900-1925 period and (so some of his friends say) was also in WWII.
One of the pieces in his collection immediately stood out to me: a 1 Penny token used in Internment Camps in AUS in WWII. Doing some elementary research I have found out that these are rather scarce but also that many fakes abound. In my opinion the authenticity is almost guaranteed due to the fact that he was in the very war where the token came from. The token is bronzy/brassy in colour and is in about fine condition.
He also (being an Australian) had many Australian pennies, including 23 from the year 1943: this was probably due to the fact that his first son was born in this year. He also had a 1942 AUS Threepence which, upon research, is the key date to the King George the VIth threepence series in AUS.
Among other coins there were 2 american wheat pennies: 1944 and 1942 D (probably very common) and 2 1964 nickels. There were also 2 New Zealand threepence coins from 1933 and 1947 both in good condition for their age.I also found a 1933 Papua New Guinea 1 shilling coin, a bronze coin from Japan that (using the internet) I have dated to 1938.
I will post more info later and thanks for your time :)
1 Penny token used in Internment Camps in AUS in WWI
ReplyDelete--About $60.00 in low grade.
Australian pennies, including 23 from the year 1943
--About $3.00 each in very-fine
1942 AUS Threepence
--if no mint mark about $50.00
D or S mint mark about $1.00
american wheat pennies:
1944 and 1942 D about $0.10 each
1964 nickels about $0.05 each
New Zealand threepence coins
1933 about $3.00
1947 about $1.00
1933 Papua New Guinea 1 shilling coin
--There were no 1933 shillings from this year, 1935 but no 1933.
a bronze coin from Japan that (using the internet) I have dated to 1938
Depends on denomination.
Thanks for the info I misread the date for the PNG coin it is actually 1938 :)
ReplyDeletePNG coin it is actually 1938
ReplyDelete--About $3.50