Question for Coin Collectors...
 

I recently came across a 1935 silver US quarter. It has come to my attention that this might be worth something...

When I tried to price this based on eBay auctions, the auctions ran the gamut from $4 to $500. As far as I can tell, there are no markings to differentiate different places of minting on these quarters (S, D, etc). How the heck am I supposed to see how much this quarter is worth?

If there is no mint mark, it was minted in Philadelphia.

Unless it's near unc I sell Washington 1/4's for $3 (given $14 silver).
Jim

Where is a reputable place to buy coins? Especially with ancient coins, I often fear of getting fakes.

I used to buy from a coin shop I trusted. I have several silver quarters but as far as valuation is concerned, you'd be best to find a reputable shop and talk with the owner. You can also get a price sheet from these coin shops.

the common real old stuff is fairly cheap
copper esp silver sorta
and only the gold is worth enuff to fake
and thats mostly fake gold %
roman and other big long lived states had a lot of coins
and a surprizing number are still around

stay away from the high priced rare stuff
and you can build a good collection fairly cheap
of neat really old coins without much fear of fakes

1932 is the rare year in usa quarters

More specifically, the 1932-D and 1932-S are more rare. The Phil. 1932 is more common.

So, would a 1932 be considered "junk silver", or something more? Maybe I should go through my junk silver item by item. After Nixon (wasn't it Nixon? '64?) announced we were going away from the precious metals standards, I started removing the silver from my store's till...any and all, replacing it with sandwich coin change. I've got a old crown royal bag full of the stuff....50 cents, quarters, dimes....

http://coins.ha.com/info/typevalues.php?Denom=Quarter%20#List

The current silver value puts U.S. silver coins at about 10 times their face value.

A well-circlulated 1935 silver quarter is worth about $2.50.

I have recently purchased Roman coins in bulk off E-bay. 10 coins run about $25. Most are slugs, but you usually get 2-3 decent ones. They are very dirty, and the cleaning process is time consuming.

I could care less about value, I just enjoy slowly cleaning them up, then trying to identify them. Most end up being from the time of Constantine. There are a lot of coins from this era being found in the former Yugoslavia at the moment.