W mint quarters and the pandemic
smuglr
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I really enjoyed searching for the 'W' mint quarters- until the pandemic hit. I have saved a few rolls of each NP along the way. I had never really done CRH before but had luck finding all of the 2019 'W' releases. I really enjoyed the hunt and got a smile when I'd find one lol. 2020 started off fine with NP of American Samoa but I never found any Weir Farm Park, fortunately I made contact with someone in the opposite situation so all good. The only Salt River Bay rolls I could get were before the 'Ws' were released so no luck there, but I at least had rolls to keep my roll set complete. Then with the effects of the pandemic I was unable to find any Marsh Billings Rockefeller rolls, much less 'W' mint. Started having a little luck again with the Tall Grass Prairie. I'm still hoping to find some unsearched bank rolls of MBR, it's the only NP I have no rolls for (I've only found one single quarter in circulation). I've looked at rolls on ebay, but they seem unreliable as being unsearched. I also wish the USM had continued with a 'W' for the Tuskegee Airmen, maybe without the privy mark since the anniversary was over, but I think the pandemic scuttled any plans for that. What are the thoughts of new boxes of MBR still turning up?
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Slim at best. The banks are not letting the boxes go now as it is too costly for them to keep purchasing replacements for them. I agree that it was a fun time going through the rolls and pulling out the good quarters. I stopped searching after the Weir and American Samoa as I was not able to find any W's anymore as the fed changed how they distributed them. I doubt if they will ever do anything like that again as banks do not like to lose money.
Depends on your location. I live in Maryland and haven't seen any new rolls of MBR since their release. Another forum member who lives in NJ has been finding MBR rolls as recently as a few weeks ago. Where are you located?
@WQuarterFreddie I live in Minnesota. It was strange usually 'D' mint here, but for a couple of the releases all I would find were 'P' mint. I had 6-8 banks that I could get 2-10 rolls from each until SRB and MBR and then nothing at any of them
In 2019, mid-summer, I was I was at my bank, and they had a full new unopen box, got it, took it home and no W's after opening a few rolls, then I noticed that hey were 2018 quarters... Never even though to LOOK at the reverse... So you never know...