bicentennial quarter value

is there any value

 

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That is a lovely coin and I am happy to see the bicentennial coins get some attention. It appears to be lightly circulated. I would certainly keep it. But here's the deal..... The US mint struck these for two years, 1975 and 1976. They produced a lot of them. So unless the coin is uncirculated and a spectacular strike, no it won't hold much if any of a premium.

 

normally about 25 cents value.
If you were given it for free that's quite a free value.
If you paid 25 cents for it you're break even.

 

A very common date saved by many
As @Randy Abercrombie said, not much, if any premium

 

I've got a couple rolls of them at my desk. They will be eventually deposited into the snack machine here at work in trade for chips.

The machine values them at 1/3 of a bag of chips, or about 25 cents.

Z

 

The key to the 1976 Bicentennial quarter is finding not only a coin free of marks and scrapes but also finding one that is fully struck. A clean obverse plus a fully-struck reverse equals a premium quality coin.

On the reverse, you’ll find that most Bicentennial Quarters are not fully struck, specifically near the top of the drum. the "ribs" of the drum.

most of them are like this the vertical drum ribs get weak towards the drum head:



Ideally the reverse should be more like this NGC MS68 example picture:


Now you can have less marks and less drum and get to MS68, or more marks and more drum and get there too, but for top grade and real value to it that drum HAS to be completely struck and pretty much mark free. and that is rare indeed. MS66 is a $15 coin, MS67 is a $30 coin, MS68 is a $100 coin, MS69 is a $10,000 coin. MS70 doesn't exist yet.

Not worth the fees for grading at MS67 even.

Now, if the drum on the reverse is fully struck and looks as good as the obverse, it might be MS67 that's a pretty significant nick on Washington's lower neck but it can be overlooked or "cancelled out" if that drum is SOLID.

I mean if you are going to do it, that's the info you need to know what to look for if you're into bicentennial quarters

 

I may be wrong, but I thought they were struck in 1975 & 1976.

 

You are absolutely correct. Sorry for putting bad info out there.

 

Yours is very nice and worthy of keeping it protected but they are extremely common as it was minted for 2 years. I usually get 1 in change every 2 weeks. I just received one yesterday, worn of course.

 

This one is weakly struck on the drum rim and might have a bit of wear on the bust, but has very cool rim toning from an after market holder.

 

You can sell circulated rolls in lots on eBay for 12.50 per roll plus dollar or so /roll premium over the shipping (the lots don’t seem to always sell so there is that fee to consider) and eBay fees for some reason. This is not true of any other common coin. Hoarders I would guess.
So it’s worth probably 28c or so with enough of its buddies and some elbow grease.

 

I have one, I got it from a vending machine, it surprised me that it had two dates, so I kept it, is there any reason to hold onto it?

 

Keep it and you'll never go broke . . .

Z