40 civil rights quarters proposed

Now you know why there were no commemerative coins issued between 1940-45, 1955-74 and 1977-81. Look at the listing in 1936 in Coin prices of commem half dollars. Stephen Foster didn't deserve a half dollar.

 

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Nor did Cincinnati as a Music center.

 

This just leads me to believe that the old stuff will continue to increase in value. Those collectors will always be there. A 1909-S VDB will always be a 1909-S VDB and few people will have them. A 1916-D Merc will always be a 1916-D Merc., no matter what these clowns in government propose or follow through with.

There will never be anything worth collecting again, (but the old stuff) until the mint pulls in the reigns and cuts all this non-sense. And yes, commemorating the civil rights movement is non-sense. I love commemoratives, but we don't need to commemorate every event that happens in US history.

 

you're friend is quite articulate.
I couldn't have said it better myself.


but seriously, I wish we would go back to normal quarters.
I think I should find a high grade 1998 Quarter.

 

i propose year of all coins with all denominations to honor CoinTalk

 

Yes, but so what. It only "counts" if both the House and the Senate pass the bill and so far the Senate has wisely sat on it.

 

You boys seem to be missing the point and that is to bring new collectors into the community. What is termed as junk on one hand may be perceived as a treasure to a new collector. As time passes and the new collectors gain more knowledge in the hobby they will eventually branch out to the so called "more accepted" kind of collecting. Hey....gotta start somewhere, and if it brings more folks into the hobby that's what it's all about.....State Quarters jumped started me.

 

There,s always the quarter design from the old hillbilly from ky, like this one of ''Toehead Bottoms'' to bring a smile to collectors..

 

There are, admittedly, some benefits to quarter programs.

1) Firstly, quarter series allow collectors, usually children, to roll search, which, as many of us know, is an important step in the early years of collecting. It gives you the thrill of the hunt and can be done by people of all means.

2) The Statehood Quarter series was huge for numismatics. The ten year run brought in a whole new wave of collector interest into our hobby, which in turn has resulted with a base that has expanded in scope from pocket change to more classic and numismatic series.

3) With future programs on the horizon, collectors who grew up on the Statehood Quarters will likely have the opportunity to share the experience with their children when they have them. Age 12 in 1999 - 22 in 2008 - 32 after State Parks (proposed).

We have to look at this as a stepping stone, a foothold into our hobby. This is how the public will educate itself and be introduced to the hobby. Morgans, and Gobrechts and Saints will come later. For now, let's embrace the mint series’ so long as they are benefitting the hobby.

Remember, every collection is filled with choices. Just because we elect not to collect, does not mean a series is not worth collecting.

 

Vital point.

For some reason, there's a lot of grumpiness about the mint choosing to offer a wide variety of products. No other business is ever criticized for that. Quite the opposite; having a broad and varied product line is a positive.

Why all the whining ? If ya don't like 'em, don't buy 'em.

Very well said, Mr D (as was your entire post).

 

too many

enough is enough. let's change the dime.

 

That one would be worth collecting, silver and all! I don't collect modern coins or commems anymore. It's probably good for young and new collectors to inject some variety, but I'll stick with the older designs.

 

its called market dilution to understand what it means take a look at us stamps

 

I've seen restaurants lose business and even go under because they expanded their menus so much they couldn't serve their customers in a timely manner and they had too much expense carrying supplies for so many different products. Expanding their menu choices didn't increase the number of customers, it just moved them from one product to another while increasing their costs. Then they lost customers because they weren't interested in wasting their entire lunch period just waiting to be served.

 

And I've seen Amazon skyrocket while offering MILLIONS of products.

I've seen E-Bay skyrocket while offering MILLIONS of items.

The list goes on and on and on. Amazon, E-Bay, LL Bean, .................., thousands of businesses each offering far more products than the US Mint.

 

Though I haven't really collected the state quarters, they have made pocket change much more interesting. It's all clad anyway. The same old designs over and over again for decades was getting old. We need redesigns on most, if not all, of our change. I know some groups were lobbying to put Reagan on the dime, but Nancy Reagan objected because her husband admired FDR. So finally we saw something happen, and I think it was good for the hobby in general. In any case, the huge success of the state quarters will just mean more of the same, so get ready for it. And, as stated, many other countries vary their coinage far more than we do. The variety in Canada is exhausting. Also, when I was in pre-Euro europe I couldn't keep track of all the deluge of variations. Some seemed to change every year.

 

well said

 

Mint doesn't seem to be losing any business.

 

are you sure about that? look at their mintage for the fs series it might be a harbinger of things to come

 

I have a dozen booker T washington silver dollar coins and a dozen George Washington Carver silver dollar coins and I heard that there was a jackie robinson coins etc out there as well. Civil rights coins have been out for many years now and are called commeratives. excuse my spelling.
So why do the quarter if it has already been done.