Has the state quarters lost thier charm

I don't want to mislead you about today, but can say that when still involved it was very tough to pull worthwhile premiums regardless of what the CDN then said. I used to have them offered to be frequently and most ended up dumping them.

 

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Considering the numbers minted I can't say I'm surprised. It used to be impossible not to roll my eyes when hearing about some state stash someone was sure would lead to a future payday. You know, kind of like the bicentennial crap everyone and their grandmother past a certain age still bank on.

 

With all those that were pumped out, and with how few we see in circulation, there MUST BE beaucoup rolls still in the backs of cabinets, even though that's now 42 years. (Can you BELIEVE it's that long? Wow!)

 

I can honestly say that during my time in the hobby they were probably the one type of coin that caused the most headaches, and simply because of the insane number of people who saved them firmly believing in an absolute future windfall.

If you want to feel really old just think of the fact that 42 years before the bicentennial it was 1934. Wow indeed... damn.

 

These new coins should be called tokens because they will not be minted for circulation. Virtually all the coins minted in the last decade are really just tokens. True, they are legal tender; but, a person will have to pay a premium for each one. It is just a way to generate revenue. Like those TV coin collector shows, the public assumes that what they are buying will be collectable with increasing value. The US Mint should have to post a disclaimer in their ads.

 

Are ASE's then "tokens" too? Aside from the snark, I do have a point to make. If these did circulate, I'd STILL pay extra for the ones in my set, to get better coins. So I am unmoved by their lack of circulating status. VERY VERY few coins in my collection are from circulation. Heck, in 1995, I spent $999 dollars to get a coin marked "ONE DOLLAR" that was brand new. I sold off the gold coins.

 

Thank you Kurt, I stand corrected to a degree. I should lump bullion and commemorative coins in with the Pres and Sac dollars. And, I too would pay a premium for a coin intended for circulation in order to get the best one I could afford. But, if I cared to, I could form a collection from pocket change (like collecting was at one time). This attribute of collecting has been removed for half dollar and dollar coins.

 

I lament it too. I have hope things may change someday.

 

State quarters, from this humble perspective, are more trouble than they are worth.

 

They might just be more trouble than ANYTHING is worth. I used the Harris maps to teach my son about condition and handling. He was 4 when the first ones hit.

 

There are no non S premium dates in the State series.
Except for the "extra leaf" in the Wisconsin, etc.
As for the bicentennials I find them almost every week metal detecting.

 

Every US collector should have a Bicentennial silver proof set. Having said that, we should be prepared to try to sell them for $2 at a garage sale if we ever want to get rid of them.

 

True. I've come to appreciate the 3-coin 40% silver BU set more. Some are EXCEPTIONALLY nice and free of marks.

 

BILLIONS of state quarters were minted. Literally billions. Sand grains are probably more rare in some parts of the world. On top of that, a lot of people saved them, thinking that they will rise in value. So plenty of top condition readily available state quarters still exist. After the series completed prices really tumbled. The 1999-s silver proof set once sold for $300 or more, now the Red Book lists it at $110 (which sounds overinflated). Anything that exists in easily obtainable billions will likely never attain great value. For perspective, one can still easily purchase a decent (though admittedly not completely fabulous) 1,000 - 2,000 year old common Roman coin for $20 - $50. That's after hundreds of years and the collapse of the empire. And they were never minted in the billions. So, yes, momentum on the State Quarters has definitely fizzled. Many people collected them all and kept them or just spent them once they found all of the states. It was fun while it lasted, but I don't think we'll see anything like that in circulation again for quite some time, if ever.

 

Yes... I started both in the early 1960's and have retreated to pre WW II in both arenas. Too much junk, expense for lower quality material... Sad :-(

 

I better start looking for them. Hope to be able to buy one

 

Aww, Cheech, it'll be a topic here. The process has to be on overdrive, though.

 

This forum has prompted me to buy coins I either didn't know existed — as in the case for the 1982 Commemorative Washington Half Dollar — or things like the 1976 Bicentennial silver set that Kurt mentioned in #53. This new dollar may be something that I'll try to avoid, though, despite the provocation that's sure to come.

 

I really hope you nabbed a good one. Some are so gorgeous they look like "Specimens". I bid on and won a bottle of whiskey at the ANA banquet silent auction and a really nice set of these came with it as a throw-in.

HEY! I just thought of something! 1976 was the year I first became eligible to DRINK whiskey.

 

If you have rolls of state quarters, start filling a Dansco of circulation strikes, then trade for the ones that are missing. For many of us, our roots in the hobby aren't based on return on investment as much as finding pieces to fill a collection. Do the same with the ATB coins, which are mostly better designs.