# What can you tell me about this quarter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446 "2008-02-20T22:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/1 "2008-02-20T22:29:37Z")
Can anyone tell me anything about this quarter I found in a roll from the bank? I’ve got pictures of heads and tails, and I think it’s from 1928. Is it worth anything in the condition that it’s in? How long was this design used? I’ve never seen it before. Pictures: [Heads](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/xwalrus2/DSCN0626.jpg) [Tails](http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/xwalrus2/DSCN0627.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/2 "2008-02-20T22:35:17Z")
It’s a [Standing Liberty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Liberty). And you have your head and tail backward. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/3 "2008-02-20T22:45:42Z")
According to my 7 year old coin book, it’s worth about than $3, maybe less, since it’s so worn. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/4 "2008-02-20T22:47:35Z")
I guess I’ll just keep it for luck and conversation, then. Thanks for the information! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/5 "2008-02-20T22:48:45Z")
According to one cite I googled… [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What\_is\_the\_value\_of\_a\_1928\_standing\_liberty\_quarter](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_value_of_a_1928_standing_liberty_quarter) “Regardless of mint mark, about $7 if well worn, ten times that if almost uncirculated.” But I’m no nuemistist… numasits… coin collector ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/6 "2008-02-20T23:00:23Z")
I would grade that “good” and the 2008 Red Book lists it at $3. However if you can see her toes, the value jumps up to $5! My old trick is, if you have something but don’t know what you have…find it on eBay and see what it sells for. I inherited a huge stamp collection from my uncle, found similar collections on eBay, and decided I’m better off putting them on outgoing Christmas cards. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/7 "2008-02-20T23:18:54Z")
Yeah, I have a Penny Red and a Twoppeny Blue I bought aged 10, to serve as a retirement nest-egg. According to [eBay.co.uk](http://eBay.co.uk), they’re collectively worth £11.50. And the Roman coin I’ve been keeping safe for 30 years is worth £5. Sigh. All that effort for the worth of three beers and a packet of smokes. Still, that is a cool thing to find in a roll of quarters. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-quarter/438446/8 "2008-02-21T01:20:40Z")
With silver closing today about $17.70/ounce in the US, we’re buying them for about $2.50 each, throwing them into the melt. When they only melted for $1.00 about three years ago, we used to buy them for $2.25. Now we can get about 2.80 melting them.