I just got 3 rolls of Mayflower quarters. So I will get one for the album and toss the rest back. I realize they are going for a premium now, but I really have no outlet to sell, and eventually when the market is flooded they will come down to face value. I will wait a little to open them as I still have not seen 1 single Stacy Park Millbern or Althea Gibson from last year.
I got one of the quarters...my thoughts... 1) unclear at first glance which side is the obverse/reverse 2) 4 sets of designer initials??? One of which is the same as the mint mark! 4 designers - really? Which set is the kid with the crayolas? 3) 2 is my limit on the number of thoughts I can have on Thursdays.
That’s funny. Remember they changed the Cent design because they thought it inappropriate that Victory D Brenner displayed his initials so prominently……. Now coins are like movies and everyone involved has to be recognized.
Bonus thoughts... I count 7 different fonts? Did I get that right? I finally held the coin at just the right angle and noticed the word LIBERTY hiding in the waves and the 1776-2026 date hiding on Johnny Pilgrim's belt.
I still think the mint should go back to engraved designs and get away from the computer designs. But that won’t happen.
Here is a few of better ones that I got from rolls. Denver did a great job with the dimes and Philly were a bit marked up. The Philly dollars were pretty nice, but the Denver dollars were atrocious. Regards, Mike.
I don't get any of them in circulation in S. Louisiana. Well, not until they've been around the block a time or 2.
These aren't dual dated, Littleton was offering 2024,2025,2026 P&D Sac's for free so I took them up on the deal and here are the 2026 P&D. I'm not sure I have the positions correct but if they are wrong then it's just the opposite.
It seems the Littleton 2026 folder actually has spots for the pennies and Native American dollars, unlike the Whitman folders/albums that don't include spaces for those.
The Sacagawea dollars ended in 2008. After that they kept the obverse, and took the date off with a diff reverse every year and they call them Native American Dollars. But they haven't been made for circulation since 2011, so IDK what the point is.
What point they have is arguable, but current legislation requires them to be minted, to a certain proportion of any other dollar coins minted (not counting commemoratives and American Silver Eagles) so that's why they're still minted. Sacajawea dollars were only made for circulation in 2000 & 2001, Native American dollars only 2009-2011. (They attempted to get Presidential dollars to circulate from 2007 through 2011 also.) Neither ever circulated very widely. Innovation dollars were never made for circulation at all (though some do show up in circulation, which makes me wonder why people are spending ones that can only be bought from the Mint). All part of constant failed attempts to get the public to commonly use $1 coins again, which is clear will never happen unless they actually discontinue the $1 bill and thus not give them a choice. I think they've more or less given up trying at this point. 2011 is the last year they seriously tried. Around where I live (Denver metro area, CO) what dollar coins do circulate are mostly as a result of them being dispensed from light rail ticket machines and vending machines. Personally I've not had much interest collecting these but will save any NIFC ones I find. Innovation dollars I just pick and choose which are interesting enough to want a few in my collection. I do want the 2028 Native American dollars though, that will feature surfing.
