ive read of people collecting 2 books for the different mints, but i looked in the red book and S D and P all did the state quarters, so wouldn't you need 3? or do most people just do one book and mix them?
You can buy different books for any way that you wish to collect the coins. You can collect just one coin per state, one each for business strikes(P and D) and one that includes the proofs which have an S on them. It's totally up to you.
The S mint ones are in proof sets. The P's and D's are the ones intended for circulation. It is very rare to find a proof coin in circulation. But it does happen occasionally because of someone cracking open a proof set and spending the coins.
so all state quarters were made with both P's and D's on them? all 50? and the only S's you will find are proof?
The P & D's are minted for circulation. The S's are proofs which only come in the proof set for the year. Then they also have 90% silver proofs that only come from the mint. The 90%'ers are only made at San Francisco as well. Traditionally, they handle most of the proof coins in general. So technically, you could do 4 books. I'm content with collecting a simple album of circulation quarters, regardless of mint, and I'm collecting the 90% silver proof sets. 2 sets to go. One being the '99 silver quarter set which goes for 2-300 dollars on ebay right now.
how do you know if you find a 90% silver? again, they did make all 50 with p's and d's? p's and d's are both stamped p or d right?
Chances are, you won't find a 90% silver in a thousand years. They come in proof sets that can only be purchased from the mint and it's highly unlikely that somebody would bust it open and spend them when it cost between 20 to 300 dollars to get 5 proof, quarters. The P's & D's do have P's & D's on them. I believe both mints made all 50 of them.
To tell if you have a silver one.. First it will be from San Fran. and have the S mintmark. That tells you that it was minted as a proof coin Thats test 1 Then it has to pass test two. Place a kleenex over the coin, if its black its clad, if its white is silver. Try test two on a regular quarter and a pre 64 quarter and you will see the difference
I decided to put all 4 types in one book. Dansco has a book that has a sheet for P, D, S and S silver for each year. The only trouble is all 10 years won't fit in one book, so they split it up into 2 books with 5 years each. It looks real pretty and its real heavy.
The people I trade P's and D's with are about fed up with the whole shebang and are stopping at Hawii. They are among the many thousands that got involve with something that they want just to give to their grandkids or kids. HSN,etc sucked them in too. Too many were none collectors and don't appriciate and love coin collecting. But then again many new collectors came into hobby and business. zg
Not quite, you always need to use 2 coins for this test. 1 has to be a coin you know is clad, then place the coin in question beside coin 1 - cover with a Kleenex. If the coin in question appears whiter than the clad coin, then you know it is silver.
I have my P & D coins in a Dansco and the proof sets remain in the mint slabs they came in that way there is no chance of making a mistake LOL just need the Hawai pair now to finish off the Dansco :smile
I'm not sure (as I don't collect the series), but most albums come in 2 forms; one with proofs, one without. Someone who picked up an album that didn't have the slots for proofs might end up picking up a second album that did contain them. I doubt someone who picked up an album that had the slots would find it necessary to start a second set... I take that back... I suppose lots of people might end up wanting two sets.
