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A few years ago I dumped all my clad quarters back into circulation. Didn't feel like tying up $50+ in coins that would never appreciate beyond face value. I still participated in TXSTARFIRE's annual First Finds contest but never kept any examples I found, which was an odd adjustment - the collector in me wanted a full series, but the practical side said don't waste your money. Eventually I became ok with it.

Then came the announcement that quarters with a W mintmark would be released this year, and the collector in me was once again rekindled. I brought out my empty Whitmans and prepared to head to the casino to bring home a few hundred in quarters and refill my books. How silly it was to abandon quarters! Plus it'll be fun to see how quickly all the holes are filled. Which will be the hardest to find?

Wait a second...

Then I stopped...and thought about it...and realized my quarter fatigue was real. It's been 20 years of statehood madness and the program looks to be continuing beyond 2020. The former eagle reverse is now more endangered than actual eagles! The Mint is manipulating collectors and I'm not gonna fall for it, which is rather ironic since the bicentennial quarter is what got me into collecting some 40-odd years ago.

Pennies, nickels & dimes will still have a place in the collection thanks to their low monetary value and small size, but only pre-65 quarters are worth saving IMHO.

Perhaps the W minmark will get youngsters interested in collecting, which is always a positive, but this old collector wants no part of it.

Some "W" mint quarters have sold quite cheap on eBay. I even saw one that sold for 99 cents and that INCLUDED shipping. And that was in April.

I agree with what you are saying about the mint trying to manipulate collectors. Think about all the Not Intended For Circulation half dollars that have been minted since 2002. Many of these have mintages of just about 1.5 million to about 3+ million. So they are quite scarce. That said, how many people do you know of who collect or actively pay premiums for these?

On the other hand, there are the 2009 nickels and dimes. Even though their mintages are much higher than the halves, there do appear to be people who are interested in them. I remember hearing that many of these were shipped to Puerto Rico, which is why they are so hard to find here in the contiguous states. Then Hurricane Maria came along in September, 2017 and washed God knows how many coins out to sea or covered them in mud. Late in 2017 about 200,000 Puerto Ricans were moved to Florida. I wonder how many of the coins made it to Florida and how many are truly remaining...

State quarters are plentiful and don't go up in value. So what? They are fun to look at and to collect. They serve an educational purpose in informing Americans what the names of the states are and some interesting sights or facts about them. The US Mint does not exist to make coin collectors rich - they are both a profit making business and a tool for the Govt to accomplish various goals.

I collected them for awhile. Late in the first series it period got boring and last straw was when they continued after the states. Gave them to a nephew.

I feel the same, swinging from fatigue to excitement.

I started collecting the President dollars. When that series started you could get the coins at your local bank at face value when a new coin came out. But then halfway through the series they changed the rules and you could only get them from the mint for at least twice face value. I reluctantly continued to collect them and have many complete sets of both P & D president dollars. I don't think they will ever be worth much over face value but I am hoping the fact that I have complete sets will help bring the value up a little.

Also any series that takes TEN years to complete is just way too long and I will never start collecting another series.

So many quarters!

50 State Commemorative Quarters 1999-2008
P mint
D mint
S mint clad proof
S mint silver proof
so 200 coins here

D.C. and U.S. Territories 2009
P mint
D mint
S mint clad proof
S mint silver proof
24 coins here

America the Beautiful National' Park Quarters 2010-2011
P mint
D mint
S mint clad proof
S mint silver proof
50 coins here

America the Beautiful National' Park Quarters 2012 - 2021
P mint 46
D mint 46
S mint clad proof 46
S mint silver proof 46
S mint clad nifc 46
W mint clad 10
240 coins here

Washington crossing the Deleware
2021
P mint
D mint
S mint silver proof
S mint clad proof
4 coins here

2022 5 women quarters
P mint
D mint
S mint clad proof
S mint silver proof
S mint clad nifc
25 coins here

2023 5 women quarters
P mint
D mint
S mint clad proof
S mint silver proof
S mint clad nifc
25 coins here

So 568 types of them I think. Lol

NDFarmer wrote:Also any series that takes TEN years to complete is just way too long and I will never start collecting another series.

That frustration is what makes them more rare and valuable.

And for the dollar coins

Presidential 2007-2016
P mint
D mint
S mint
117 coins

Presidential 2020
P mint
D mint
S mint
3 couns

American Innovation 2018
P mint
D mint
S mint
3 coins

2019-2032 scheduled
P mint
D mint
S mint
168 coins

The US Mint is a "for profit" government agency. I think their strategy is high profits/decreased sales vs the lower profits/increased sales. Did any one notice the 2 coin silver set for release? One 1oz American silver eagle and one 1oz Canadian Silver Maple for the great price of $140 (2 oz of sliver). What a bargain and investment. I inherited a bunch of clad mint and proof sets that I cannot even sell at face value.

I saw a news story about people spending there state quarter collections with the coin shortage

I can pretty much assure you children/young adults have ZERO interest in coin or stamp collecting.
I attend as many shows for both items and even include model train shows in that mix.
The train shows have children with their parents, but the coin and stamp shows have almost NO children or younger adults attending.
Many stories out there about children inheriting their dad's collection and just dumping it in the CoinStar or taking it to the bank to "cash" it all in and get real money.
Doubt anything will generate interest in collecting modern fiat money.

^^^What Scrap said.

Reminds me of baseball cards. They made a resurgence in the 80s, and then in the 90s the manufacturers produced a glut of cards.

We only have the US Mint but they produced a glut of things to collect.

But collecting was almost over before that ever began.

hobo finds wrote:I saw a news story about people spending there state quarter collections with the coin shortage

No doubts. I spotted a pristine '99 Delaware in the Need-a-Penny tray couple days ago that just got popped out of someone's cardboard map.

My local dealer complained years ago that the Mint took a page from the US Postal Service and glutted the market with manufactured collectibles that were guaranteed to lose value. Besides occasional errors, there hasn't been a desireable stamp since around 1920.

Speaking of manufactured...the Mint is overdue for a well publicized "mistake" coin. Like the high leaf/low leaf Wisconsin quarter.

Last ATB quarter in 2021. Then what? https://www.coinagemag.com/new-quarter- ... s-in-2021/

The semiquincentennial (now that's a mouthful) will be honored by a BLM quarter since, according to many, slavery is the bedrock and legacy of our nation.

ScrapMetal wrote:I can pretty much assure you children/young adults have ZERO interest in coin or stamp collecting.

coindood wrote:20 Years of State Quarters...Enough is Enough!

I agree with you both.

There was a time when heroes existed. After America was founded, George Washington’s face could be seen in many school rooms, and eventually made it to the quarter and dollar bill.

He was an hero that people held up for their children to emulate. He was not perfect, we talked of his flaws, but he was good enough to be a shining example.

This century has become the time to seek perfection but expecting only participation from children. The state quarters program is an example of flooding the world with mediocre instead of one "best" example.

The state quarters mean nothing to the youth of America. They reject the watered-down indoctrination being offered.

2022 - 2025 American Women Quarters next up.... 5 coins a year. So that would be 80 more quarters.

hobo finds wrote:2022 - 2025 American Women Quarters next up.... 5 coins a year. So that would be 80 more quarters.

. . . then the sestercentennial (1/4 of a millennium) quarter, then sports back quarters, then ad nauseam . . .

Just noticed, this was my 1000th post. Nothing near Ardent Listener or some others, but a tortoise pace on a long road.

Congrats on the 1000th post. The Royal Canadian Mint also cranks out a lot of “collectable” coins that will never be worth what people pay for them. You’d have to be a multimillionaire with a room dedicated to coin storage to afford to buy up all the modern high priced crap they crank out. I stick to bullion and near bullion.

https://crsreports.congress.gov
February 25, 2021
Redesigning Circulating Quarters, Half Dollars, and Dollar
Coins: Current and Future Designs
In January 2021, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign
Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-330) was enacted. The legislation
authorizes the redesigns of the circulating quarter dollar,
half dollar, and $1 coins to be issued between 2022 and
2030.

Generally, coins are either circulating (i.e., sold by the U.S.
Mint to the Federal Reserve for distribution to American
financial institutions and used as money to exchange for
goods and services) or commemorative (i.e., sold by the
Mint to collectors to honor someone or something). The
U.S. Mint also produces precious metal coins.

Quarter-Dollar Coins
In 1796, the U.S. Mint issued the first quarter dollar,
depicting Lady Liberty on the (front) obverse and an eagle
on the (back)reverse. Between 1932 and 2020, the quarter
dollar was redesigned four times.
These changes included
placement of President Washington on the obverse (1932),
the Bicentennial of the United States (1976), 50 state
quarter program (1997), and the America the Beautiful
national parks and historic sites in each state (2008).
The America the Beautiful quarter program concludes in
2021.

With the
program’s conclusion, the U.S. Mint is to issue a new
“standard” quarter dollar. It continues to feature President
Washington on the obverse, but has a new image of General
Washington Crossing the Delaware River prior to the Battle
of Trenton on the reverse. The “Washington Crossing the
Delaware” quarter is to first be issued
in 2021, and then during any period when Congress does
not mandate an alternative design.

Between 2022 and 2030, the quarter dollar will likely be
redesigned three times pursuant to the Circulating
Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020. These designs are
to feature newimages on the reverse related to prominent
American women, the Semiquincentennial(250th
anniversary of the United States), and youth sports.
President Washington will remain on the obverse.

2022 to 2025—Prominent American Women
From 2022 to 2025, the Mint is authorized to redesign the
quarter dollar’s reverse to feature prominent American
women who made a contribution to the United States in
areas “including but not limited to suffrage, civil rights,
abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and arts,
and should honor women from ethnically, racially, and
geographically diverse backgrounds.” Each design will
feature one woman, with five women celebrated each year

2026 Semiquincentennial
In 2026, to celebrate the Semiquincentennial of the United
States, the U.S. Mint is authorized to redesign the quarter
dollar “with up to five different designs emblematic of the
United States Semiquincentennial.” Further, at least “one of
the ... designs must be emblematic of a woman’s or
women’s contribution to the birth of the Nation or the
Declaration of Independence or any other monumental
moments” in American history (§3). The
Semiquincentennial redesign continues a tradition of
redesigning coinage for milestone anniversaries (1876,
1926, and 1976).

2027-2030—Youth Sports
Between 2027 and 2030, the U.S. Mint is authorized to
redesign the quarter dollar’s reverse with images
“emblematic of sports played by American youth.” Each
design would feature a single sport, with up to five sports
celebrated each year.

American Women Quarters are out soon.... any one interested in them?

The extent of my interest will be to pluck a P & D mint of each from circulation. I assume there are no W's planned?

I've eased back from my initial rant in the opening post. Last year I tracked how long it would take to accumulate the entire quarter set (1999-2021) form my local casino. It took seven months. I even got 8 of the 10 West Pointers.


New obverse.

Is that just new to this year? I had not seen anything on that.

EDIT: sorry, just saw the details in the posts above this one.

Updated the list.