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If I have $10.00 in 90% silver quarters that are all in about the same condition (just above slick) can I keep the Barber's, the SLQ's and Washingtons together, or is there a good reason to keep them seperate.

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hejira11 wrote:If I have $10.00 in 90% silver quarters that are all in about the same condition (just above slick) can I keep the Barber's, the SLQ's and Washingtons together, or is there a good reason to keep them seperate.

Thanks

Except for the later Washingtons, dated after some of the Supreme Court decisions, I don't think they like to associate with each other... Eventually some of them got used to being together...

68Camaro wrote:

hejira11 wrote:If I have $10.00 in 90% silver quarters that are all in about the same condition (just above slick) can I keep the Barber's, the SLQ's and Washingtons together, or is there a good reason to keep them seperate.

Thanks

Except for the later Washingtons, dated after some of the Supreme Court decisions, I don't think they like to associate with each other... Eventually some of them got used to being together...

Some of the more subtle comments might fly over our heads.

OK - I guess I'll get serious. I"m not aware of any reason why your coins shouldn't reside in the same roll, unless you've got a serious numismatic coin, in which case you should keep it in a case.

hejira11 wrote:If I have $10.00 in 90% silver quarters that are all in about the same condition (just above slick) can I keep the Barber's, the SLQ's and Washingtons together, or is there a good reason to keep them seperate.

Thanks

If you plan on accumulating more of these, then it might be worthwhile to eventually group them separately. Slick Barbers tend to bring in more that their younger brothers, and so do SLQ's...

Thank you Aristobolus. That is what I needed to hear.

I keep them together, but when I get enough to finish a roll of one type, I separate those out into their own roll. I think, should they ever need to be sold, it makes it easier. Also, I have found that usually about 22 of the Barber halves often fit into the plastic half dollar tubes... which means they are probably light weight... so better for numismatic purposes, but less silver, when talking a strict silver junk / by weight sale.

Coin shops buy the slicks (Barbers, SLQs and the Washingtons) for Ag content. They often keep them off to the side until they're selling a larger lot. For example, when a $500 face bag is sold it's usually weighed before shipping. If the bag is full of '64 Kennedys or Roos dimes, then the weight might be above the acceptable range. (That's because some many of the coins have very little wear, of course.) Standard practice is then to substitute slick Barbers or Walkers as well as the almost wafer-thin Barber and Mercury dimes just to bring down the weight a little.

I keep them separate, and for the SLQs I separate by dated vs. slick and then again by mintmarks. Maybe I'm hoping one day someone will figure out how to decide if any of those slick S mint marks are 1923's. lol. I even have a roll of 1917 slicks......and I'm 100% sure none are 1916's. But I keep hoping to trip over one some day.

I'd keep them together until I had enough to make it worth sorting, simply because they are easier to keep track of as one bunch. Maybe drop them in a glass jar with some pennies, nuts, washers, and bolts to keep them company so they look like just pocket change.