Just a thought, but what happens when all the holes are plugged......

Swampboy

....... in all the State Quarter Books that have been been hiding all over America in all the drawers and all the bookshelves all these years?

Won't the owners get curious as to just exactly what they have?

If they bring them down to the coin shop you know they're going to hear some variation of "I'll give you a quarter apiece and I'll let you keep the book."

If they research online (likely) they might stumble onto collector sites and there might be a whole new flood of collectors come into the hobby at once.

Just sittin' and thinkin'.



Well, sittin' for sure.

21Walker

Just a quick thought, Most people putting these things in albums are non-previous collectors. Therefore, I would think that this state quarter thing was conceived to create a national fingerprint data base.

Just as an aside, if a true collector put together a nice set of PDSS, It would complement the 32-98 sets nicely.

Rick

AUandAG

I've already had folks wanting to sell their partial/complete to date sets. I just, very politely, let them know
that these are meant for their grandkids and such as so many are minted that it will be decades before there
is appreciable value.
Good Christmas presents, but now those older ones are a bit different, let's see what you have there.....

bob

ricko

It is fun for the kids... and by the time they become ON's (old numismatists), they may start to appreciate in value. Especially complete sets. Cheers, RickO

RichieURich

Maybe some of these people who complete the state quarters sets will start collecting some other coins.

291fifth

They may give them a quarter apiece, but they won't let them keep the book.

PrivateCoinCollector

<< <i>They may give them a quarter apiece, but they won't let them keep the book. >>



Beat me to it!

phillymatt

<< <i>Just as an aside, if a true collector put together a nice set of PDSS, It would complement the 32-98 sets nicely. >>



I agree, being a quarter collector why would I have stopped in 1998? agree;

19Lyds

Personally I think a lot of collectors will be born as a direct result of the State Quarters program. Many have already joined us and there are many yet to come.

TwoSides2aCoin

I've got a few sets in MS... I'm trying to get a set in PO-01.
If you have one, let me know

NHSBaseball

When I was young and putting together my '40-'58 wheat cent folder, I knew that the coins were not worth much- it was the "chase" of pulling them from rolls that kept me interested. Hopefully the same will hold true for those putting together the quarter sets.

StampAlarm

In about a 150 years someone will walk onto the floor of
the Antiques RoadShow and have a complete set of
Manny Zeevi -Hand Painted State Quarters- and find out
they are the 1st set to ever pop up. Auction estimate will
be something crazy like $250,000.




Jerry

Broadstruck

I always thought that state quarter collectors would jump over to early commems

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Just a thought, but what happens when all the holes are plugged...... >>

...then LordM will not be able to wear his collection to shows anymore!

I hate plugged coins! Why smoebody would ruin a perfectly good hole by plugging it is beyond me.



As to what you really meant, time will tell. I wonder what Cladking has to say on this.

kiyote

I have a PDSS set to compliment my 65-98 set. I'm workin' on the 32-65 set, slowly.

BBQnBLUES

Considering the present day economy, I would predict 75% will cash 'em in @ face value to buy gasoline or food <sigh>

gecko109

Just to put this all into perspective.....I could put together a ROLL set (date only, not MM) of BU state quarters for less money than a single 1932-D BU coin!!! I'd like to believe that 99.99% of all people collecting these things realize that there will be little to no numismatic value on these coins in the long run, and its simply something inexpensive and quite fun to do with a young child.

RWB

They will bring them to shops and coin shows in hopes of selling the complete sets – particularly the gold plated crap – for large amounts of cash. After being laughed out of the place, the owners will put them on ebay along with a million other similar sets. Following that, the sets will reside in flea markets, yard sales and finally the coins will be pulled and spent.

Two thousand years from now, the lone surviving perfect set will be donated to a museum as a tax write-off.