Quarter Dollar rant..

Will we ever see a normal quarter ever again?? I think the eagle reverse is beautiful and should be brought back.

State quarters were cool and collectible but now these state park quarters? and after they end im SURE there will be something else. I just want to go back to collecting ONE P ONE D and clad and silver S....thats it. There is no reason why I should have to search out 5 varieties of each year for each mintmark. It is annoying to me.

Maybe I am the only one haha

 

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You're not alone.I went on a rant about these because there are so many of them.If you look at mintages, you'd save time and money by only collecting the S mint mark in clad and silver. For example, Hawaii has about 250,000,000 of P and D clad but only 2,100,000 S clad and 1,200,000 S silver. I'm more of a type collector and go for good value and promise of return. I'm glad I don't feel the need to collect full sets of anything but especially not this quarter series.

 

I've pretty much tuned out the state quarters - are the S clads only in regular proof sets, or are they being released in other ways?

 

Not for at least another ten years, possibly not for another 21 years. The Sec Treas has the option to do a second eleven year run of ATB quarters.

 

You're definitely not alone at all. Simple vintage coin designs of yesteryear were sufficient back then and they would be sufficient today but there's too many chiefs at the mint and that's just part of the problem.

 

I've often wondered where John Flanagan got his inspiration for his quarter design, especially after getting this coin in a roll of quarters once:

 

Wow, that's pretty interesting, Collector1966! I was never too fond of the back of the old quarters; they're kinda blah, and the eagle doesn't stand out much. But I would love to just see a normal reverse year after year. Sadly, we won't see an end to the ATB quarters anytime soon. I've onyl seen two in circulation since they started

 

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Well, the market for State Quarters DIED!

 

I absolutely despise the state quarters. However, I love the designs on the new ATB quarters. The Mt. Hood is the most beautifully designed quarter dollar (IMO) they have had since the standing liberty reverse.

 

ATB? in still an amateur in some respects of coin collecting!

FL Full Liberty
OBW Original Bank Wrapped
FS Full Steps
FB Full Bands

I know some of them..

 

I'm with you....bland designs, especially those with just the state outline....no real artistry involved.

As long as the ATB q's continue with the artistry they posess, they could be interesting to fill an album.....but the sheer mintage (even though the mintages have dropped significantly from the SHQ's), there's still too many minted (as well as the sheer nimbers these are being hoarded in, much like the SHQ's) doesn't make them real 'winners' in my book. I look at a Dansco of these as merely a $25, real fake leather piggy bank....unless you get the freak MS68 business strike)...though the proof ATB's ARE rather eye appealing...I look forward to both my 2011 proof, as well as 2011 silver proof set.

 

I may be in the minority here, but I was never a big fan of most designs of US coinage. I feel like they're outdated, they've been constant for so long and don't have a "wow" factor like the coinage of other countries, past and present, have... The quarter is okay, I like the eagle concept, but it doesn't emanate that power/pride/glory that it can, I've seen more intriguing eagles on of foreign coinage. Monticello on the nickel? Ehh. Lincoln memorial on the penny? Ehh. The torch on the dime? nice symbol, but so small compared to the background...

I think the US deserves much more inspiration, much more powerful symbols and designs on its coins.

 

I wish they'd have kept the regular Washington Quarter going and done the State and Park quarters as their own line, kind of like how we have two different dollar coins. We could've gotten some more interesting designs too if they'd have had both the obverse and reverse to play around with.

 

There is very little "wow" factor in the coinage of many if not most East Asian nations. Compared to the uninspired coin designs of China, South Korea, and Japan, for example, American coin designs are "super awesome".

 

I thought the state quarter program was just terrific. Many of the designs were not, but the concept was great. They extended it a year with DC and territories.....OK, that's a good idea too. Then, the ATB quarters. Way too much. However, the designs so far, sans Hot Springs, have been fantastic! But, that doesn't make up for the annoyance of having to get 10 business strike quarters per year, which is hard since they are circulating with the economy the way that it is and the fact that banks cannot order them specifically. WHY HAVE A COMMEM COIN PROGRAM IF THE PUBLIC NEVER SEES THEM? That's what I don't get.

Yes, I wish they would stick with one reverse. However, we won't see that until 2053 now that they are going to commemorate counties starting in 2021.....

 

I never said that all the countries in the world have "wow" factor coinage, I meant there are countries out there (past and present coinage) who do much better. And I don't collect East Asia, nor have I seen many coins from there. In my experience, older European designs were more creative, and also a lot of the older short-lived US designs.

 

Let's bring back the eagle on the reverse of our quarter. I vote for the eagle that's on the Sacagawea (2000-2008) Dollar.
Take a close look at this bird. What's not to like? zeke

 

I'll admit that some of the older European designs were quite attractive. I personally like most of the issues before 1960 or so that I have seen. In more modern times, the French 20 franc Mont St. Michel coin is quite attractive

But a lot of the current European stuff is not all that great, in my opinion. Like the stylized portraits of the Dutch and Swedish rulers, for example. Or the German low-value pfennig coins and current Euro coins. Mexican coins can be OK, but it gets a little boring having the same obverse device on ALL coins for more than 100 years. And most of the Swiss coins have had the same obverse and reverse designs for more than 100 years.

 

ATB=America the Beautiful

In answer to your original question, I don't think you are going to see the eagle for a long time. Furthermore, I don't think you should. After all, the eagle was there from 1932-1998. I liked the State Quarters and I love the ATB Quarters. I will admit that I don't know much about our National Parks and some of these designs have sparked an interest in learning more about them. I wanna know when Capital is going to make a holder like they did for the State Quarters.



Besides, isn't hunting for the coins part of the fun. Having 10 coins to chase down each year is more challenging, and as a result, more rewarding.