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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Atreides, post: 1450297, member: 36287&quot;]People should realize that the mint is not making these primarily for collectors.&nbsp; If you&#039;ve looked at mintage stats for ATB quarters (and the last year or so of the Territory/State quarters) you&#039;d notice that the mint has a big problem on their hands, with quarter mintages being incredibly low.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>According to my source, demand for quarters from the mint is the lowest its been in decades, driven mostly by an increasing reliance on electronic payment, combined with the preponderance of coin counting machines like Coinstar allowing older quarters to re-enter circulation a lot faster and more often (and on a greater scale) than in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s likely that the mint is trying to find a way of minting additional quarters without having a situation like they did with the presidential dollars, where they have a ton of them continuing to pile up in warehouses. Adding a new mint mark is essentially trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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