Anybody ever found a supergrade coin in circulation?

Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!

Last Month I got pretty excited about a 1948 quarter I got in change.
Thought it might be MS 63-65. After inspection though, I figure it to be
AU55 or so. Still, thats not a bad find.

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"frank wight" wrote in message
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Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!

"frank wight" wrote in message
om...
Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!

I typically search about 15 rolls of machine wrapped unc quarters for every
state. I seldom find any that I would call a 65. I set aside 0-4 per roll
that are possibly 64s.

When the sacagaweas first came out, I searched many an unc roll and found
quite a few that were possibly 65s, maybe an average of one per roll. Some
may be 66s or 67s.

Although it has been awhile since I have seen any, I used to get, on
occasion, unc rolls of Kennedy halfs from the bank. I would generally set
aside 1-3 per roll that were in the 64 or 65 range. I have found cents that
I think were 65s or better, but not in any of the rolls I have searched this
year. I have searched unc rolls of Jefferson nickels and have never found
what I would grade as 65. In fact, the best I find are Jeffs that I grade
63. My problem is I get tired of looking at the unc rolls. I have 6 rolls
of Missouri and 11 rolls of Arkansas quarters, and one roll of unc 2003
Roosevelts within arms reach right now. The rolls have been there awhile.
Bill

"frank wight" wrote in message
om...
Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!

You just need to get lucky and find that one roll that's all. Like I got an
unc. mint roll of 2003D cents where almost every one was at least a MS66.
It is pretty near impossible finding MS65 quarters and halves in rolls. My
advice is to go way out in the boondocks and find a little bank that doesn't
do much business. This one place I went to gave me a roll of unc. '99D dimes
still in the mint roll. The teller said she's had that roll since '99 just
sitting in her tray. Thier coins won't be as jostled and moved about than
what you would see at a larger bank. Less moving around means less lustre
breaks from rubbing against each other. The really good ones won't stick
together as bad so when you do find a roll of keepers they tend to not have
that rub mark.
HTH

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It's awfully tough for circulated coins, coins dumped and jostled against other
coins at many stages in the distribution process, to compete against coins from
Mint Sets that have not had that type of handling.

I've just about abandoned hope of finding pristine coins emerging from the
channels of commerce, especially the modern issues, where certified MS-68
specimens are common on auction sites like Teletrade. I have never been able
to find them in circulation in that condition, or even the ones bought directly
from the Mint in rolls and bags. It doesn't take much contact with other coins
to eliminate supergrade consideration.

Regards,
Tom

Excellent observation. In 1967, I was given a 1967 quarter taken from
circulation that I'm pretty sure is a 66, outside shot at 67. In the days
when I searched cents rolls from the bank, I didn't even think to look for
supergrades--my mission was to find low-mintage coins or double dies (ha!).
Finding supergrades is a challenge even with today's hard-metal coins; I
imagine it would have been nearly impossible with silver coins.

--Chris

"frank wight" wrote:
Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!




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Most years I'll find two or three high grade coins in circulation
though it has been less often recently. I do go through a lot of
coins looking for varieties but always save out super grades. Most of
the nice coins come from mint sets.

"Bill Krummel" wrote in message ...
I typically search about 15 rolls of machine wrapped unc quarters for every
state. I seldom find any that I would call a 65. I set aside 0-4 per roll
that are possibly 64s.

When the sacagaweas first came out, I searched many an unc roll and found
quite a few that were possibly 65s, maybe an average of one per roll. Some
may be 66s or 67s.

Although it has been awhile since I have seen any, I used to get, on
occasion, unc rolls of Kennedy halfs from the bank. I would generally set
aside 1-3 per roll that were in the 64 or 65 range. I have found cents that
I think were 65s or better, but not in any of the rolls I have searched this
year. I have searched unc rolls of Jefferson nickels and have never found
what I would grade as 65. In fact, the best I find are Jeffs that I grade
63. My problem is I get tired of looking at the unc rolls. I have 6 rolls
of Missouri and 11 rolls of Arkansas quarters, and one roll of unc 2003
Roosevelts within arms reach right now. The rolls have been there awhile.
Bill


So far I've gone thru 62+ rolls of Arkansas and 40+ rolls of
Missouri. I am left with 80 nice looking Arks, and 120 nice
looking Missouri's. I think that five years from now MS-64
Statehood quarters will command a premium price because of the
awful quality controls during the minting process.

Oh yeah, I went thru 2,000 nickles (2003-D) and kept 45 of them.

And..uh...You're not asking for this... but I'll tell you that
last week I went thru 1,000 Halves (count 'em!) and kept 23.

"frank wight" wrote in message
om...
Hi,

My hobby is searching thru halves and quarter
rolls purchased at the bank. I go thru 2,000
coins a week.

Sometimes I'll luck out and get a whole bunch
of halves that have the same date and
general condition--and I know that they came from mint bags.

But when I've bought MS-65, 66 slabs from ebay,
to help in my grading process, I notice that
they are much better than anything I have ever dug up.

It gets discouraging to always come up short, but now
I simply focus on strike, marks, luster and eye-appeal
and trust that I've found are the best MS-64's in town!

I did an expierement on an uncirculated '68D Kennedy once. I had a whole
pile of those so I didn't care! I gently used Dawn detergent and slightly
rubbed it between my fingers. Then I dabbed it with a soft dish towel then
compared it to another '68D. Wow was that coin ever marked up bad. Massive
harlines everywhere because basically it was just like taking a piece of
crud and scratching the smooth surface when it was trapped between my thumb
and the coin. It's the same as when you take a brand-new black car thru a
car wash for the first time--scratch city all the way. So you can just
imagine how impossibly hard it is to find a BU kennedy half in circulation.
Another thing I have done is to ask people I know if they have a stash of
coins they have had for a long time. You would be surprised how many people
do and don't car if you buy them off of them. I've found some really nicely
toned coins that way. I like finding weirdo colors and when you find that
one coin that's turned totally black you feel like you just found the Holy
Grail of coins. And those hide all the marks as well.