What is the 1973 bicentennial commemorative medal worth?

Answer 1

It is not gold. Circulation-issue Bicentennial quarters were only struck in cupronickel, like all other circulation quarters since 1965. In fact, no gold coins have been struck for circulation since 1933.

A lot of private companies put a thin plating of gold on ordinary quarters and sell them at significant markups. You can find the same thing done to the current series of state quarters. However the plating is generally so thin that it only adds a couple of cents to the coin's actual value.

In addition, from a numismatic standpoint these coins are considered to be novelty items because they were altered outside of the mint, so they do not have any special value to mainstream coin collectors.

Answer 2

The US Bicentennial was in 1976 not 1973, look at it again and post new question.

Well now aren't you a genius. Why do you insist on answering questions you know nothing about. The coin in question is indeed dated 1973, knothead know-it-all. It is sterling silver, minted by our own us mint, and weighs a little more than an ounce. That makes the ASW 1 troy ounce. So questioneer, take heart. Despite this stupid answer, from this ignorant person, your coin is at least worth spot silver price which is $30.65 at this very moment. Thank you and good day.

Answer 3

The U.S. Mint never made a gold quarter for any year. So if yours is gold, then somebody took a normal quarter and gold plated it. This destroys any collector value it may have had. It's now worth 25 cents, and will never be worth more than that.

Answer 4

If the coin did have any collectible value, the plating destroyed it, but it's still a dollar.

Answer 5

Face value. The amount of gold plating is so tiny that it doesn't add any value to the coin, in fact, collectors view these coins as damaged. They have no value beyond face value.