Statehood Quarters: Baseball Players?

joeykoins

Hi Guy's, First of all, please forgive the not-so-clear pictures. Has anyone
heard/seen of this series of Statehood Quarter set of MLB players on their respectful team and/or state they play in? I have a couple pics of Pujois when he was on St.Louis. on the Missouri Quarter. as well as, the Babe (In Gold) on the New York Quarter. I also have many, many other players on many other state Quarters. I've had these for years. Probably, in the early 2000's when they first came out. Anyone familiar with these? Thanks guys in advance.-joey

BStrauss3

Stickers or enamel paint. After market (not done by the mint).

A little acetone will fix them.

joeykoins

Thanks. Don't want to try to remove, yet. First, trying to find more info.

ricko

I had not seen those before.... looks as if it may have been a promotional deal by one of the novelty companies.... Cheers, RickO

joeykoins

They were sold at Walgreens. I don't recall at any other stores? Can these possibly have a premium? Since, not that well known?

joeykoins

Found more info. From the Merrick Mint. Who?

BillJones

This is a commercial attempt to combine coins with sports figures. They are trying to combine two hobbies.

My advice would be to leave these coins alone, if you like them. Without the stickers, the coins are probably worth no more than face value. If you like the stickers, what is the harm?

The only bad part comes where people pay big bucks for these things as part of a sales promotion. My gut tells me these sticked coins are not worth much of anything over face value. I've been out baseball cards and related collectables since 1980 when the Phillies won it all for the first time in history (over 100 years). and I wanted to commemorate the event for myself.

These things are probably not a great buy if you get them from the manufacturer, but okay if buy them very cheaply in the secondary market.

joeykoins

I remember I paid $2 a pack. Contents: 5 off market/generic Baseball cards and 1 coin. Foolishly, I bought approx. 40 packs throughout the years.