Quartermania State Quarter Product from HSN and CSN

I am wondering what percentage of serious numaticists have purchased the Quartermania State Quarter product from Cable Shopping Network or the Home Shopping Network.

In other words, each of you can give me a best guess estimate of say 30%? ... 40%? ... 50% ... or ???%.

All best guesses are welcome.

 

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0.000%.

 

Plated state quarters are damaged in my opinion so therefore they are worthless. But yet they charge an insane price and build them up to sound ultra rare.

 

none (by definition)

 

Of course, there is the other question: Are state quarters collectible at all by 'serious' collectors regardless of who sells them? You have hundreds of millions of coins made of near worthless clad material being saved in uncirculated grades by many many people. Doesn't sound like a winner, at least not for many decades to allow for some attrition through lack of care or accidental spending.

 

Your statement makes me think that "serious collectors" only collect for the value, not for the love of the hobby. If thats the case, then I doubt many collect the state quarters. Personally, although I don't consider my self a "super serious collector", I collect because I enjoy it-no matter the value of the coin. If I like a particular series I collect that series. I'm sure there are "serious collectors" out there who are putting together state quarter sets solely because they enjoy the hunt-not for the value.

 

So any coin that doesn't impress those who collect 19th century US silver is "uncollectible"? This seems like a very narrow view. Now, not only do the expensive coins in a series have to sell for large amounts of money but the cheapest ones have to have a premium as well. The attributes which make things of value to all people have simply been narrowed. So everyone just spend your 3c nickels, toss out your ancients and foreign, buy lunch with your buffalos, because they aren't any more collectible than pocket change.

 

Welcome!!!!

I don't know what Quartermania is....... But if it has something to do with the State Quarter program, I'm filling an album

 

A huge overestimate.

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I put them in the same class as the guy I work with who gets mail from Publisher's Clearing House selling coins..4 easy payments..lol..
Warren

 

I think that even you must admit that the electroplated state quarters are completely cheeeeeezy.

 

Just to clarify my comment...

I didn't mention 19th century coins, or expensive coins, or 3c nickels, or ancients, or foreigns, or buffalos. All of that is a misinterpretation by you trying to read more into my post than I said. My comment means only what it says and no more about one particular series -- state quarters.

 

OK. So I got suckered into the entire set of Quarters from CSN. I took these gems to the local coin shop, and waited for the laughter to die down before asking what fate these coins could have. I was told by the employee that I could crack open the cases and spend them.
My question is: Can I spend these quarters as typical currency, or will I be breaking some law for trying to use gold-plated or (ahem) platinum coated quarters? Is there any value in the Denver or Phili minting that is "Proudly displayed" ?

I appreciate your answers!

 

Spend them at a coin-operated car wash. The machines will accept your gold-plated quarters as what they are - quarters. That will spare you the shame of having to spend them in person.

 

I have not got any of the gold plated, (richly layered in pure 24 karat gold-ha) but I have found one of the platinum/silver plated ones. I could tell it was plated but the weight gives no clue as to what it was plated with. I sent it along for someone else.

 

One can collect whatever one wants to collect.
Yes, those gold, silver, platinum plated/layered, enameled/painted or stickered coins might be "collectable" to some, but they should never be looked at as an investment.
Any promise of future value above face is simply the most empty promise anyone can make.
Any return on an "investment" such as this is guaranteed to be in the seriously low negative numbers.

 

Thanks to you guys i have fallen in a light Quartermania and bought my first set of US Quarters
Just arrived in the mail today
These one are silver (not plated ), i really love this design :


Phil, from across the big pond

Of course, slightly off topic since these are not state quarters ! My mistake

 

How much at quartermania?