ATB circulating quarters

[robroy]

Just wondering if anyone has seen the ATB quarters in circulation. They've been in circulation for 3 years now, and I haven't seen any? Are they going to be as scarce as the 2009 circulating pennies, nickles and dimes? I'm starting a album set and would like to find some from the wild and not rely upon the mint sets.

Sould I be relying on the mint sets to fill up my album? Any pro or cons that a newbie should know about in doing this?

[jasmatk]

I get them in change once in a while.Get friendlly with your tellers and let them know you want the ATB quarters.

[TXSTARFIRE]

I have found a few in circulation. I bought 5 rolls last week and got 2 ATBs. Also 1 bicentennial.

tt

[robroy]

I was at the bank this afternoon and asked the teller about these quarters and she responded that she didn't know what I was talking about.

This whole thing started out of curiosity and is becoming a mission. I wonder if these are going to end up like the 2009 pennies, nickles, and dimes. I hardly see these also. I quess that they are all sitting at the FRB vaults waiting for their turn in the limelight.

[Silver Addict]

I've only have gotten one in change that I noticed.

I seem to see plenty of 2009 pennies though.

[henrysmedford]

Also from USA Today --http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-10-07-quarter07_ST_N.htm

National park quarters hard to find; blame the slow economy

By Sandra Block, USA TODAY
When the Arizona state quarter was issued two years ago, Carolina Butler of Scottsdale, Ariz., gave rolls of the quarters to her children, grandchildren — even her plumber.

So Butler was delighted to learn that Congress had authorized the U.S. Mint to issue coins honoring 56 national parks, including the Grand Canyon. "A roll of quarters costs $10," she says. "They make the best gifts."

Since April, the Mint has introduced quarters commemorating Hot Springs, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon national parks. But while the Grand Canyon quarter was released last month, Butler has been unable to find a single Grand Canyon coin. Her bank, Wells Fargo, told her it hasn't received any of the quarters. It seems the economic downturn is to blame.

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During recessions, cash-strapped consumers raid their piggy banks and other sources of loose change, says Beth Deisher, editor of Coin World magazine. That puts more old quarters into the system, reducing demand for new ones.

That certainly appears to be what's happening now. As of August, the Federal Reserve had 3.2 billion quarters in inventory, which is sufficient to meet estimated demand for the next four years. "The Fed is holding a whole lot of inventory, and banks aren't demanding it," says Mint spokesman Michael White.

By contrast, the 50 State Quarters Program, which lasted from 1999 through 2008, was a huge numismatic success. By the end of the program, an estimated 147 million people had collected state quarters, says Mint spokesman Gordon Hume.

The dearth of national park quarters is "very frustrating, especially for collectors, because they can't get the coins at their local bank," Deisher says. "It's really a shame because the whole idea is a circulating commemorative that you could get at face value."

Collectors who don't want to wait until the Fed reduces its inventory can buy national park quarters from the Mint, but they'll have to pay more than face value. A two-roll set of 80 Grand Canyon National Park quarters costs $32.95, according to the Mint's website.

That's more than Butler is willing to pay. "I'm not a collector," she says. "I'm just a grandma."

And here is are album--
Franklin has them P&D that is!

[doug]

I find them in rolls all of the time.

[robroy]

I'm using the Dansco 8146 album for my ATB circulating quarters. This album has spaces for uncirculated and proof S mint also.

It was nice to see the Franklin album. Actually this was the first Franklin Album that I have seen and was unaware of the brand until now. It looks like a dandy album.

The reason that I started this thread is that the only place that I can find circulating coins is at the mint and was getting frustrated at my utter lack of finding these coins any place else.

[jasmatk]

franklin is his son,not the brand name

[robroy]

franklin is his son,not the brand name

Sorry about that. I was admiring the album pages that he showed and even went on line to see if I could find the album. I figured that I'd get the album for my son. Couldn't find an album whose pages looked like those.

[henrysmedford]

franklin is his son,not the brand name

Sorry about that. I was admiring the album pages that he showed and even went on line to see if I could find the album. I figured that I'd get the album for my son. Couldn't find an album whose pages looked like those.

I t is a Dansco 7145 http://www.danscoalbumstore.com/national-park-quarters-dansco-album-7145-p-8662.html

Joe
Franklin's Dad

[ZenOps]

I'm finding a disproportionate number of these quarters in Canada.

The last bundle of Canadian quarters I found four, which is usually just about the number of normal circulating US quarters I find in a bundle.

Methinks its a conspiracy, advertising for the US parks.

[robroy]

I'm finding a disproportionate number of these quarters in Canada.

The last bundle of Canadian quarters I found four, which is usually just about the number of normal circulating US quarters I find in a bundle.

Methinks its a conspiracy, advertising for the US parks.

So you'll be coming for a visit? Where and when?