State Quarter Program,,,,,,, you in, you out????

ZEBRA18

Now that we are half way through the State Quarter program, I am curious as to where some of you stand with the series. Are you still eagerly anticipating the release of the next years set, or do you even care? I seem to have lost a little bit of the spunk that I had when the series first started. I was one of those that the program brought back "into the fold", after a few (?) years of not keeping in touch with my collection. I still add a set of the proofs and clads (PCGS), each year. I even pick up a 70 if the price is "right". The prices of a 2004 set of PCGS PR70DCAM Quarters certainly have come down in price, compared with what a set would have brought in years past as soon as they hit the market. I have seen numerous sets (2004), sold for $1200-$1500. I purchased six quarters (PR70DCAM) from 2003, all under $200. Do you think that prices will drop even lower as the series wanes? Will we be able to purchase a set of 70 quarters five years from now for $500, or will the vast majority of the coin collecting community not give two hoots about a high grade modern quarter?
What I am curious about, is what are the habits of the two distinct types of collectors. One, being the long time collector, with all types of coinage, graded or not, in their collection. Years of collecting, usually the enjoyment of the hobby being their main concern. Did you jump aboard the State Quarter Bandwagon, with the proofs and uncirculated collections, maybe the First Day of Issue covers, dies, or any other of the U.S. Mint goodies? Did you start buying Silver Proof Sets, Clad Sets, bags of 1000, maybe hoping to sock a few sets away for the future ($$$$)? If you did, are you still purchasing the same amount that you started with, or has your interest died down?
Number two collector is the guy or gal who started collecting when the program began. Mainly into the Shinies of the modern stuff. Are you still into the program like you were, and have your purchasing habits changed? Have you branched out into other moderns, also into older coins, or what?
Just some food for thought on a Sunday morning!!!!!!!!!

Gonfunko

I credit the State Quarters and other pocket change for my entrance into the hobby. That being said, I ahve lost some of my enthusiasm for them and turned my attention to older coins. The mint could have had a wonderful program with the SQ's if only they would use quality designs instead of poor line drawings. I'd also warn against carrying the idea of circulating commemoratives much further - I don't want my coins to all be changing several times a year. No Presidential Dollars, State Bird coins, circulating commem's honoring National Eggplant Appreciation Week, etc.

-Gonfunko, TPM

ksteelheader

I've got the proofs, both clad and silver....Ken
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hamiltonjh

I'm IN.
got the clad and silver too, along with the PCGS slabbed sets.

wingedliberty

I love the idea of the program as well as the commem Jefferson nickels, the designs are excellent in every way for the Jeffs, but I am very dissapointed in many of the Statehood quarter designs. Alot of them look very generic and poorly thought out. Alot look like they were crafted by the politicallycorrect elite and do not truly represent the imagery of the state. As an example, The Eureka/Grizzly bear design for California should have won out. It was an amazing design, instead a very bland design won out. So far, my favorite design is Massachusetts and PA. I will continue to collect them all.

nwcs

I sold most of my state quarter stuff. But overall it's been a great thing for the hobby.

mgoodm3

I get one of each mint for my wife who stuffs them into a folder.

jdimmick

I dont collect them myself, but I picked up an album originally for my wife and began picking her up the P and D for each state as they come available. Althought this year I am way behind as it has not been top a priority. Also, each year I pick here up the silver proof set.



I was glad to see it though, I think this program is what put a big!!! jump start back into Coin collecting, and was the initial fuel that got the market to where we see it today.

SemperFI

I used to collect the bags. Now I am selling them. I still collect the first day coin covers and the proof clad/silver coins and will continue to do so. I do want to start collecting the MS series but refused to buy when they came out because of the high prices. Now those $150 MS68 are now selling for $25-60 depending on the state/year/mintmark. A nice time to buy those high grades without the high prices and YOU do not have to look thru all of the coins.

Right now, I am still focusing on my high grade Ike Dollar set in MS. I just need a few more MS66's to complete my collection and then try to get a nice Type 2 and Type 3 for the right price and upgrade my 1976 S to MS68.

FatMan

I'm In.

mercurynut

I just buy the proof set every year and look for the first one to pop up in my change.

relayer

Registry Set

tonyhar

I will see it through to the end.

TommyB

I have 2 young sons, so I am putting away 2 silver proof sets from each year, as well as 2 sets from mint sets that are in Intercept Shield albums. Now that my Washington set (32-98) is complete, I hope the SQ program continues to bring in new collectors to really drive up the price of the older washingtons.

DesertRat

I am in for myo son. We also collect stamps to a lesser degree so we subscribed to the Postal commemorative society's State Quarter panels. Each panel gives a brief history of the state, the coins and their designs as well as includes several mint condition collectible stamps related to the state and one uncirculated quarter from each mint. Nice set, some of the stamps date back to the early 1900's and are in mint condition.

100proof1957

just started !
have the 00,03,04
the 09 set should be a nice bookend for the 50 states.

cladking

I rarely have much interest in coins less than four or five years old because it takes
this long to discover which are the tough coins and which are the easy ones. It also
takes a little time to discover which got set aside and which didn't.

The states issues are certainly fascinating to me because they get a lot of collector
attention so they behave differently in circulation than the older clad quarters did. Now
all the circulating coinage is starting to show signs of getting attention. The states
coins do go into my "from Circulation" collections and I do pay attention to what they look
like. The best way to obtain gems has been for years to wait until you see one in circulation
and trace it back to the bank it came from. So far I've seen only one single states gem and
it was a CT-P, and unfortunately wasn't able to find its source.

These coins have revitalized the hobby and it's just about time for me to start looking at
them a little harder.

stockergreen

The state quarter program has brought in a new interest to coin collecting for myself and many others.I can't wait for the second half of the state quarter's to be released.

09sVDB

My daughter is collecting them. Other than that, I have no interest.

alergar

I get them in my mint, proof and silver proof sets. Also got a beer stein filled with ones from my pocket change. Other than that I don't go out of my way for them.

richbeat

Definitely still IN!

mheffner2

I'm commiting the next month's coin cash, bar wunderfinds, in catching up with the program. Filling the Dansco and tubing some shiney change. In.

KlectorKid

Im out

Coinerww

I'm in.

LindeDad

I'm in just got the Texas coins in MS66 an hour ago on eBay. My primary set is all MS66's.
Syl's State Quarters

prooflike

I collected the first 20 from pocket change and then stopped, the deisgns were getting pretty bad...

ibzman350

I'm in,

Get the mint sets, have a whitman with circulated coins, get 10 mint rolls sets and $25 bags when they go on sale.

Something for the grandkids

Herb

aem4162

definitely in! the state quarters renewed my interest in the hobby. i still get a rush when i find the latest quarter in change (even when i already have it in the mint and proof sets). i always wonder what the latest quarter will look like and if it'll be as pretty is me, va, or nc, or as ugly as nh

kamehameha00

I have the P's and D's, and a couple years of clad proofs.

Smitty79

Been in it since the begining and I plan on completing it. State quarters got me into coin collecting.

ms70

One foot in & one foot out. I started a PCGS "P" mint set in MS67. I flatly refuse to pay $500- $600+ dollars for a Georgia in 67. Not to
mention that I feel I paid too much for the rest of the 1999 coins already. I'm thinking of selling off & putting the money towards other
coins that I'm more interested in.

loanshark

I'm in. Been collecting the silver proof sets since 1999. Have at least 4 of each.

Recently started putting back original bank rolls as they come out. Discovered that Ebay is selling them for about $5.00 over face in original bank rolls. Since I'm buying them at face how can I lose? Given the fact that they are only making each state once, the rolls can only go up over time.

Loan Shark

LikeMike

I'm in, clad and silver.

AuldFartte

I'm in, but just the silver proofs.

66Tbird

Doing the bag and silver thing here.

Manorcourtman

I have a stack of 100 coin bags in original unopened boxes thats a couple feet high. I have no idea what they are but I keep buying them!

Shamika

Ken,

That framed coin board is awsome!

Neptune

I am in too - but not wholehog, altho this is not what brought me back into my collecting. I like to get a few rolls of the uncircs from my bank, as well as the a roll set from mint, as well as the sets they have - especially interested in the silver Texas! If anyone has any silver TX they don't want - PM me.

mirabela

Halfheartedly in. Grabbed AU58's of the first 20 or so out of pocket change, then started getting rolls of uncircs at the bank & having my friend in CA get me the D rolls there. Got the silver proofs of the year my daughter was born. That's about it. They are, though, what got me thinking about coins again after mostly ignoring my collection in the 10 years since college. I'd still like a roll of the silver Vermonts, though, if I could find one...

ZEBRA18

Well, the unofficial results from the State Quarter program are in!!!!
First: Ken, that is the finest holder of state quarters that I have ever seen!!
Second: Manorcourtman, yes, I would say that you are definately IN!!!!
Third: Of 21 collectors that I would consider "new" to the hobby, (or at least to the Forum), 19 are still active in collecting State Quarters to some degree. 2 have dropped out altogether. Of the 16 "long term collectors", 11 have lost whatever interest they had, if any at all. Only 5 are still collecting to some degree.
I guess that 19/21 is a pretty good retension of players new to the hobby.
My thanks to all who took the time to reply!!!

Enjoy them coins, Wayne.

paigowjohnny

I'm still playing...buy the regular proof set and mint set, and have a Littleton folder holding 1 example of each.

BAJJERFAN

Still in it I guess mint sets and proof sets and a few Harris folder/albums.