50 State Quarters Collection

I collected them all from circulation a few years ago. Just did the type set (one per state). Didn't worry about getting all the different P- and D-mints. In my part of the country it's mostly P-mint coins in circulation, though I did have a number of D-mints in my folder by the time I was done.

 

Make your own what? Coin holders? Why? Just buy some. Homemade coin holders are trash. (I say this from experience- back in '76 when I was a kid and didn't have access to coin holders, I made my own. When I finally got access to some 2x2s, I was very happy.)

 

Each state had its own Statehood quarter design. The type set means you just collect one quarter from each state, and don't worry about which mintmark it has.

The date-and-mint set means you try and collect every date and mintmark combination (P & D mints, or P-D-S mints, if you're including the proofs- which, of course, you would not find in circulation.)

The simple one-coin-per-state type set is the easiest option, and it is doable from circulation if you go through enough rolls of coins. I completed it from circulation finds just after the Statehood series ended, in around 2010 or so.

You can buy an inexpensive coin folder for five bucks or less (most of the bigger chain bookstores or places like Hobby Lobby have them). Or for a little more, you can get an album with little clear slides that displays both sides of the coin.