State Quarters love them or hate them

LittleDot

I was wondering if many of the "old school" collectors are mad / even care, about all the new collectors who came into collection because of the state quarters. Like you are mad about the rising prices of coins, or your happy cause you have had those coins cause now you can sell them for a big profit ect. Just wondering how everyone feels about the subject. By the way the state quarters did bring me into collection. Also wondering if any of you collect them.
Dot...

100proof1957

Just started the SHQ for my Son.
other than that i have no interest.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>State Quarters love them or hate them >>



For me, neither.

I do like them, and the whole idea of circulating commemoratives, though I don't really collect them.

Overall, I think they have been a good thing for the hobby.

chuckfarthing

State quarters brought a much needed infusion of new collectors into the hobby. The greying heads on the bourse floors often moaned about the lack of new blood but without something to offer the newbies were staying away by the hundreds. In spite of some sorry designs and criticism of the Mint over the selection process State quarters are a good thing.

We are doing the State quarters in P, D and S clad Proof.

BeeMan

I like them because we are finally getting new designs on our coins. Hopefully all of the denominations will change. Having said that, I think the designs on some of them are pretty lame though.

100proof1957

I will state that the SHQ program got me interested in other areas of collecting again !

BAJJERFAN

Yeah I doubt all of the new collectors suddenly found $50 K to spend on Morgans right out of the blue. So I assume the state quarters renewed and newed a lot of collecting interest. Myself. I collect them but not seriously.

Fairlaneman

"Love Them"....they are great pocket change.

chuckfarthing

Dot, your post is actually a two-parter. I am not mad about the increase in prices and don't plan on selling anything for a big profit. I bought the key coins I needed many years ago, when prices were down. I intend to pass my collection to my oldest daughter when I die.

FC57Coins

I think the new state quarter program is great and having new collectors take an interest in the hobby is equally good! Welcome to the boards!

cladking

I like them on many levels:

They've made the old eagle reverse clad quarters obsolete which is good for me.
They've added a new dimension to pocket change and have people looking at their coins again.
They've brought millions of new collectors to the fringes of the hobby and introduced hundreds of thousands to the mainstream.
They've helped focus national attention on coins which will give the hobby a chance to recruit a new generation of collectors.
They are shaping up to be an important perspective of the country and the fifty states at an important time in history.
They're a lot of fun to watch wear in circulation. With 50 different designs, there are fifty new coins to watch!!!
The short interval between releases is disclosing some previously invisable fed procedures. In the Chicago area it's especially apparent.
They're a lot of fun to collect from circulation.

I don't collect them seriously yet since they're so new, but am keeping a careful
eye on them.

Baley

I like to collect them from circulation and push them into a Whitman folder with my thumbs!

I think it's great that lots of the people collecting state quarters will someday want to buy older, rarer coins.

idocoins

<< <i>Dot, your post is actually a two-parter. I am not mad about the increase in prices and don't plan on selling anything for a big profit. I bought the key coins I needed many years ago, when prices were down. I intend to pass my collection to my oldest daughter when I die. >>


That's a nice gesture.
So how old is your daughter and when ya going to die
Of course I'm kidding

richbeat

I give a big thumbs up to the state quarters and the new nickel designs, for all of the reasons that cladking posted.

chuckfarthing

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<< <i>Dot, your post is actually a two-parter. I am not mad about the increase in prices and don't plan on selling anything for a big profit. I bought the key coins I needed many years ago, when prices were down. I intend to pass my collection to my oldest daughter when I die. >>


That's a nice gesture.
So how old is your daughter and when ya going to die
Of course I'm kidding >>



She is 16. Not for a long time.

sliderider

I dislike the stae quarters and the Sac dollar, but I do have to admit that they did bring a lot of new collectors in recently. I bet the new Jefferson nickels with the buffalo reverse will do the same.

magikbilly

<< <i>I dislike the stae quarters and the Sac dollar, but I do have to admit that they did bring a lot of new collectors in recently. I bet the new Jefferson nickels with the buffalo reverse will do the same. >>



I agree with Sliderider. Horrid designs on the whole (like that hideous platinum design posted a week or so ago), but good for the hobby in that in brings new people.

Billy

ER

I just spend them.

Snoodle

Cladking

I hope I don't hijack the post, but you got me wondering.



<< <i>The short interval between releases is disclosing some previously invisable fed procedures. In the Chicago area it's especially apparent >>



What procedures do you refer to?

Thanks,
-Snoodle...

Smitty79

I like them and will continue to collect them. As others have said, they have done the hobby good by bringing more people in. Myself included.

Murphy

I wasn't brought into collecting by State Q's. Even my dad and uncle, who were very active collectors, did not get me into collecting. It was the internet, EBay in particular that got me started. And although I'm not "old school", I see the State Quarter program as driving up the prices that I have to pay in assembling my collection/s. My dad and uncle if they were alive today, would very probably be overjoyed and take this as an opportunity to sell.

cladking

<< <i>Cladking

I hope I don't hijack the post, but you got me wondering.



<< <i>The short interval between releases is disclosing some previously invisable fed procedures. In the Chicago area it's especially apparent >>



What procedures do you refer to?

Thanks,
-Snoodle... >>



With large samples of coins it's now possible to tell what time of year they are
going into storage by which quarter is the last represented. In the past all you
could be sure of was the year they were stored. Also in this area we sometimes
get Denver and sometimes Philly issues. We rarely got more than one mint per
year. With the states issues it's the same but it switches back and forth often.
Even states which get almost no release in this area will all be the same mint mark.

Now if we could just get them to date the coins with the month and day too...

aem4162

i love them. they are bringing new collectors into the hobby and they are cool

tsacch

I like them and am filling a few maps with the kids and wife...she actually has an interest in it, so thats cool......the kids lost interest in it, but still feign excitement when we find a new one......they like toned Morgans and Buffalo nickels more.

I think they were good for the hobby and didnt hurt the price of "collectable" coins.

66Tbird

A mini bag of each and a dozen silver proof sets a year and that will do me The gravy from the 99 bags moved me into some really great pieces (my icon) and here to this forum. Its been a great ride.

mrearlygold

Love em!

Especially the New Jerseys!

Tom

coinguy89

Im neutral. But im glad to see my state as one of the keys in the series.

rich

I wish I bought 20 Silver Proofs sets in 1999 instead of only 2
The clads have done fair as an investment..As far as colecting goes,it is good to bring in new collectors to the hobby.I wish that the designs could be a little more creative though. Eliminate the state outlines please! They look like the tokens I use to get when I filled up my gas tank in the 60's.