Are people still collecting state quarters?

[mdr55]

Just wondering if people are still collecting state quarters. I got caught up in the hoopla when they first came out but now it's like, "It's just a quarter." Also are people still using the $1 coin that came out also a few years back?

[McNabbShouldDie]

I still collect the quarters. When they first came out I was so siked and all that everytime a new quarter came out. I dont get excited anymore at all. If I see the quarter though I give it to my dad and he puts it in that cardboard America thing you get off the TV.

And if you mean that gold $1 coin that came out in 2000(i think) my dad has a crapload of those. He doesnt spend them though, he just keeps them in this box thing he has that includes a bunch of other older and "valuable" coins. He has like an unofficial coin collection with some pennies and stuff from the real early 1900's.

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[Death Metal Moe]

I don't. I get the yealy Uncirculated and Mint sets from the Franklin Mint, so I will have them all in protected cases.

These things are nice. I mean, it's not very often that coins change their looks. There are a lot of coins in our nation's past, but they have long runs fo the most part. The Lincoln penny has been around since 1909, and only changed the wheat off the back in 1959. The Roosevelt dime has been around for decades, just like the nickel and quarter we have. The Kennedy half dollar is the same story.

So enjoy the change. But the flip side of this story is that they make SO MANY of these quarters that they'll never really be worth a lot. It's simple supply and demand. Buffalo nickels and Indian head pennnies are worth more because there's not too many of them around, esepecially in good conditions. But with the quantity of coins our mints can prodce these days, it'll be a LONG TIME before these state quarters will be worth more than their face value.

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[PapaBear]

OK. I have all 50 now. Now what?

And don't tell me I still have to wait for Washington DC. I collect STATE quarters. Not District quarters. Besides, the card thingy that I have them in only has spaces for 50.

[led37zep]

Fez does.

[PapaBear]

It really is worth it. Now that I have all 50, my collection has been appraised at $12.50.

[TheGameHHH]

It really is worth it. Now that I have all 50, my collection has been appraised at $12.50.

good for you, in roughly 8 or 9 years you've accumulated $12.50 of wealth. go crazy, buy yourself a pack of gum.

[led37zep]

good for you, in roughly 8 or 9 years you've accumulated $12.50 of wealth. go crazy, buy yourself a pack of gum.

What kind of gum do you buy?


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[TheGameHHH]

What kind of gum do you buy?


Don't waste your 12,450 post on a reply....its ok

Gucci.....thats what kind of gum i buy.

kill yourself

[PapaBear]

Now that I think about it, the cardboard folder thingy has to be worth at least 50 cents. I'm insuring my collection for 3 bucks.

[led37zep]

Now that I think about it, the cardboard folder thingy has to be worth at least 50 cents. I'm insuring my collection for 3 bucks.

$3.50

maybe you lost a few quarters in the process....

[Foster]

I have about $400 in State Quarters.
Whenever I get one I put it in a jar.

I never really thought of why I do this.

[cougarjake13]

Just wondering if people are still collecting state quarters. I got caught up in the hoopla when they first came out but now it's like, "It's just a quarter." Also are people still using the $1 coin that came out also a few years back?

a guy i work with does, he needs 2 i think to complete the set



as for the dollar coin i dont see it much and most of the time when im buying stuff i just use mt debit card, i hardly use cash anymore unless the situation calls for it

[Gvac]

I've never bothered to collect the various state quarters, but for some reason I still save Bicentennial ones. If I get one back as change I bring it home and throw it in the piggy bank.

I have no idea why.

[EddieMoscone]

My wife does this, and of course I help her out. We've got 2 of each except for Hawaii, which was just released in November.

[DarkHippie]

my dad needs an alaska or a hawaii, i forget which

[torker]

OK. I have all 50 now. Now what?


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When does Puerto Rico come out?

[Knowledged_one]

Im waiting for the steve allen pog

[mdr55]

When does Puerto Rico come out?

I think next year with the other U.S territories. I'm going to horde a couple of Guam quarters.:wink:

[zathrus]

I never collected them, but my grandmother collected them for my kids