El Yunque Quarter Lowest Mintage So Far

If the “final” mintages hold, the El Yunque ATB quarters are the lowest mintages so far at 25M for Denver and 25.8M for Philly. I know these aren’t 1909-s vdb mintages, but what do you think the potential is, if any? Will these be the lowest in the ATB series or will new records be set?

 

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im going to venture as far as to say that that wont be the lowest mintage. i believe they are doing it to interest collectors in the rarity of finding these in circulation thus keeping the value higher than the statehood quarter series

cody

 

Could be that’s what they’re planning to do. I was surprised to see these low mintages after the Chickasaw mintage was more than double the previous issues. Figured with the increased economic activity, more quarters were minted to meet demand for circulation, but …….

 

There are so many of these yet to come it is hard to predict which one(s) will have the lowest mintage at this point. We may have a better picture if/when mintages ever increase. TC

 

I can see it bringing a small premium as time goes on. I remember back when I started collecting coins, trying to acquire the 1968-D quarter with a mintage of just over 100 million. Yes, this is considerably lower, but I don't know that a lot of people are collecting this series.

 

Has anyone pulled any out of circulation yet? I have been looking but nothing yet.

 

I'm pretty sure they may be available in limited quantities on the east coast, but I swear that here in the Midwest we'll be the last to see them in circulation. O.K., maybe Alaska and Hawaii may take longer, but don't expect anything fast, especially with ten design/ mintmark combinations available just from this year.

 

I'm headed to the east coast next week (SC), I'll be keeping my eyes peeled then.

 

good luck, have fun, and stay safe!

 

quartertapper-your comment made me think about spring break, we'll be away from Myrtle Beach, so hopefully away from crazy spring breakers. So with crowds in Savannah at the end of trip for the Masters and spring break going on too, there could be larger crowds. I'll just have to find more muesums and historical sites to visit.

 

Meh, I'll get them when I buy my uncirculated sets, I'm not worried about finding them out in circulation when I'll have plenty of uncirculated ones eventually.

 

The circulated ones are for the kids...I'll have my uncirculated ones as well, that are Dad's

 

Or for buying snickers from the vending machines.. mmmm... snickers!

 

I figure these are a lot like what the USPS did with stamps....so many that no one cares any more.

Oh and I came to that mind set when they added the extra's to the state set.

 

"The primary mission of the United States Mint is to manufacture and distribute circulating coins, precious metals and collectible coins, and national medals to meet the needs of the United States."

They don't care if a coin is rare and valuable, that's not their goal or intentions and they certainly don't profit or benefit if a coin ends up having low mintage numbers and makes it more valuable. The U.S. Mint is not a dealer per se.

 

I agree. Most of my friends, including me, stopped collecting the new quarters after we got all the states. Enough is enough - for a lot of people the interest just isn't there anymore.

 

25 million per mint. Yep low mintage. Why at that rate every single collector in the country can only have somewhere between 12 and 20 of them....from each mint.

 

I'm really not concerned either, but finding them in circulation is the thrill of the hunt. Like hunting or fishing, it's usually easier to just go and buy it in the store, but cherry picking is enjoyable for many.
By the way, I will but a mint set too. It's become a tradition for me.

 

If they each seek out to find them in circulation. Those numbers are for the circulating ones only, not proof and uncirculated sets.

 

Another reason many stopped collecting the quarters is the state quarters never became rare or sought after like so many of the telemarketers claimed. In all honesty though, if anyone quit for that reason, they really weren't a true collector at heart anyway.