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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;statequarterguy, post: 1859804, member: 21782&quot;]You make some valid points, but to suggest mint marks don’t matter flies in the face of the basis of coin collecting.&nbsp; True, less than 150,000,000 state quarter “collectors” care about mint marks, but still the number who do care is significant and growing. I live in a Denver area and I still sell P mints all day long. There are far fewer examples of coins with similar mintages that didn’t perform well, than those that did.&nbsp; To compare a proof to a business strike is a bit like comparing apples &amp; oranges - far fewer people collect proofs than business strikes.&nbsp; A better example is the 1996-w dime with a mintage similar to the S mint AtB’s, that sells for around $15-$20 even in the lowest grades.&nbsp; These S mint quarters may turn out to be much more desirable than a Roosie Dime. True, it may take longer for the price to stabilize, since most of these S mints are in few hands, so singles will be shaken loose as prices rise. I find many that come into the shop either haven’t given up on finding AtB’s in circulation or don’t know about them and buy anywhere from 5 to 20 of them when they hear about them, as well as a folder/album to house them.&nbsp; The S mints at $3 each are out selling the P&amp;D’s at $1 each because they aren’t issued for circulation. The bottom line is, the AtB’s are an extremely well done, popular theme, low mintage series that has the potential to perform well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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