Do you save any of the National Parks/Territories quarters?

[HPMBTT]

I usually don't sort quarters, but I decided to give it a go the other day, as the teller said that the owner of several laundromats brought in $600 worth, which I don't normally see. Nope, didn't find any silver quarters (I still have yet to find one in the wild). But I did notice some with nice and shiny edges and pulled out what appear to be almost-new National Parks quarters (ie Yosemite), as well as some of the Territories quarters (ie Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands).

Just curious...is there a premium on these in AU/BU condition (loose singles) ? How about a premium on BU rolls? Do you save any of them and if so, which ones? I was looking at the mintages and they are definitely lower than the state quarters (1999-2008), but not extremely low mintages. Just curious. A 'quarter' for your thoughts, anyone??

[highroller4321]

No, there is no point in saving them. Greysheet lists the rolls for like $13/roll for BU rolls but you would be lucky to be able to sell them for $11/roll. If you get a BU box you might try ebay but the market is pretty much dead. Even the state quarter rolls that used to sell for $40+/roll are now down in the $20/roll range and keep going down. Almost EVERYONE started collecting these.....way to many BU's out there to become valuable.

[HPMBTT]

Thanks for the tip, highroller. I'm tempted to just throw them back in the wild. Anyone else care to comment?

[Cerulean]

If I'm lucky enough to find them in the first place, I save them. Any quarters made 2009-present are few and far between.

[highroller4321]

If I'm lucky enough to find them in the first place, I save them. Any quarters made 2009-present are few and far between.

Just because you can't find them in circulation by you doesn't mean they aren't out there.

This year alone so far... http://mintnewsblog.com/2011/08/us-mint ... july-2011/

Quarters – Denver 117.40 M
Quarters – Phil. 116.60 M

[hobo finds]

I save any I find. Don't see that many Teritoral or Nat park quarters by me...

[hobo finds]

I got a Yellowstone Nat. Park quarter in change. On it is stamped Wyoming. I thought 3 state had Yellowstone in them. Idaho and Montana left out?

[Know Common Cents]

I'd save a few of the best of the best and practice catch and release with the rest. Great design idea by the US Mint, but just another gimmick.

Even the silver proofs trade for silver value only by the roll. Oh well.

[henrysmedford]

Franklin has them P&D that is!

[njoElec]

Would it be wiser to buy and save the silver proof sets? I personally love silver proof state/natl. park quarters!

[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."

[hobo finds]

on the 2011 quarters I wonder why they made so many of the Chickaswa ones? Looks like they doubled the other mintages


2011 America The Beautiful Quarter Production

Design Denver Philadelphia Total
Gettysburg National Military Park 30,400,000 30,800,000 61,200,000
Glacier National Park 31,200,000 30,400,000 61,600,000
Olympic National Park 30,600,000 30,400,000 61,000,000
Vicksburg National Military Park 33,400,000 30,800,000 64,200,000
Chickasaw National Recreation Area 69,400,000 73,800,000 143,200,000
Grand Total

And I hardly find any of the 2010's or 2011's in change

[hobo finds]

http://mintnewsblog.com/category/coin-mintages/

[hobo finds]

2012 release dates...

2012 Quarters
El Yunque National Forest Puerto Rico Jan 23, 2012
Chaco Culture National Historical Park New Mexico Apr 2, 2012
Acadia National Park Maine June 11, 2012
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hawaii Aug 27, 2012
Denali National Park Alaska Nov 5, 2012

[SoFa]

The 2010 and 2011 quarters are hard to find. There's a market for the uncirculated rolls. You won't get rich, but turning 20% profit on a flip should be no problem.

[JadeDragon]

I got a Yellowstone Nat. Park quarter in change. On it is stamped Wyoming. I thought 3 state had Yellowstone in them. Idaho and Montana left out?

There are 5 designs a year, depicting 1 national park or national site from each state, the federal district, and each territory. The states have a hand in picking the designs I think. So Yellowstone was selected for Wyoming. We'll see recreation areas, national forests, military parks, even a shrine.

America the Beautiful Quarters will be issued depicting designs of national parks and sites in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site. The quarters from four different states will depict parks or sites that were previously portrayed on the state quarters (Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite in California, White Mountains in New Hampshire, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota). Though they will depict the same sites, they must bear new designs.

# Jurisdiction Site Design Release date Denver Mintage Philadelphia Mintage Total Mintage
1 Arkansas Hot Springs National Park April 19, 2010 34,000,000 35,600,000 69,600,000
2 Wyoming Yellowstone National Park June 1, 2010 34,800,000 33,600,000 68,400,000
3 California Yosemite National Park July 26, 2010 34,800,000 35,200,000 70,000,000
4 Arizona Grand Canyon National Park September 20, 2010 35,400,000 34,800,000 70,200,000
5 Oregon Mt. Hood National Forest November 15, 2010 34,400,000 34,400,000 68,800,000
6 Pennsylvania Gettysburg National Military Park January 24, 2011 30,800,000 30,400,000 61,200,0001
7 Montana Glacier National Park April 4, 2011 31,200,000 30,400,000 61,600,0001
8 Washington Olympic National Park June 13, 2011 30,600,000 30,400,000 61,000,0001
9 Mississippi Vicksburg National Military Park August 29, 2011 33,400,000 30,800,000 64,200,0001
10 Oklahoma Chickasaw National Recreation Area November 14, 2011
11 Puerto Rico El Yunque National Forest 2012
12 New Mexico Chaco Culture National Historical Park 2012
13 Maine Acadia National Park 2012
14 Hawaii Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 2012
15 Alaska Denali National Park 2012
16 New Hampshire White Mountain National Forest 2013
17 Ohio Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 2013
18 Nevada Great Basin National Park 2013
19 Maryland Fort McHenry National Monument and History Shrine 2013
20 South Dakota Mount Rushmore National Memorial 2013
21 Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park 2014
22 Virginia Shenandoah National Park 2014
23 Utah Arches National Park 2014
24 Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Park 2014
25 Florida Everglades National Park 2014
26 Nebraska Homestead National Monument of America 2015
27 Louisiana Kisatchie National Forest 2015
28 North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway 2015
29 Delaware Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge 2015
30 New York Saratoga National Historical Park 2015
31 Illinois Shawnee National Forest 2016
32 Kentucky Cumberland Gap National Historical Park 2016
33 West Virginia Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 2016
34 North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt National Park 2016
35 South Carolina Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) 2016
36 Iowa Effigy Mounds National Monument 2017
37 District of Columbia Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 2017
38 Missouri Ozark National Scenic Riverways 2017
39 New Jersey Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty) 2017
40 Indiana George Rogers Clark National Historical Park 2017
41 Michigan Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 2018
42 Wisconsin Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 2018
43 Minnesota Voyageurs National Park 2018
44 Georgia Cumberland Island National Seashore 2018
45 Rhode Island Block Island National Wildlife Refuge 2018
46 Massachusetts Lowell National Historical Park 2019
47 Northern Mariana Islands American Memorial Park 2019
48 Guam War in the Pacific National Historical Park 2019
49 Texas San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 2019
50 Idaho Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 2019
51 American Samoa National Park of American Samoa 2020
52 Connecticut Weir Farm National Historic Site 2020
53 U.S. Virgin Islands Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve 2020
54 Vermont Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park 2020
55 Kansas Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2020
56 Alabama Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 2021

[hobo finds]

Anyone finding many 2012 quarters?

[Treetop]

Glad I saw this, I forgot to get the 2012 set in silver.

[rickygee]

The only National Park coin that showed up here in Central KY in any quantity was the Glacier quarter. The rest are rare as hen's teeth.

[Rob72830]

Here in North AR I have been able to find all except Yellowstone and Yosemite. I am filling a book for my grandson so thats how I know which ones I haven't found. The rest except the Gettysburg I have had several examples. Gettysburg I found only one. I guess the other two I will have to buy off ebay but imo, the national parks quarters aren't rare in my area.

[Hawkeye]

I save most of them that I find in good condition, but that doesn't mean much because... A) I don't find that many, and B) I'm a bit of a packrat. Is there a lot of value in them? I doubt it. But I still like them.

[RichardPenny43]

I buy the silver proofs. I don't find too many circulated, so I save them for now.

[daviscfad]

thats a nice album. its a shame b.c they are really great looking quarters. But i also dont collect them.

[SilverDragon72]

I do collect these as well. I have a "collectors" map of them. Filled in all of the states except Puerto Rico (still need that one). The quarters that I place in the map are just common circulated in decent condition. I have been buying the Silver Proof sets of them every year since they've come out. I do the same with the National Park ones too. Just fun to collect, I know the common ones won't be worth much. Maybe the proof ones some years into the future. Who knows.

[hobo finds]

2013 images and release dates here... http://www.coincollectingnews.org/desig ... ns/1018218