@NJCoin said:
Yeah, well, with all due respect, that was a failed experiment. Cost a TON to process those orders and ship those coins at face value, with the intent to get them to circulate.
i was talking about boxes ordered from the local bank
@WCC said:
Numbers are large, but still a low or very low proportion relative to the total number for each denomination in circulation, especially when most or at least a high proportion are almost certainly being hoarded soon after release.
A stack of 1.2 billion coins would reach between 1.2 and 1.7 miles high, yet none to be found.
And a stack of all coins currently in circulation would be a thousand miles high. That's the point he's trying to make. Even if randomly mixed in and not hoarsed, only about 1 in 500 or 1 in 1000 coins would be SemiQ.
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I’ve got the 2026 silver proof set headed my way. I looked past the high price point for the doubled dated coins in this set. I’m most looking forward to seeing the Half Dollar and Dime in person. The quarters have a nice reverse but I’m not crazy about the obverse designs.
"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them" Bruce Lee
@WCC said:
Numbers are large, but still a low or very low proportion relative to the total number for each denomination in circulation, especially when most or at least a high proportion are almost certainly being hoarded soon after release.
A stack of 1.2 billion coins would reach between 1.2 and 1.7 miles high, yet none to be found.
@WCC said:
Numbers are large, but still a low or very low proportion relative to the total number for each denomination in circulation, especially when most or at least a high proportion are almost certainly being hoarded soon after release.
A stack of 1.2 billion coins would reach between 1.2 and 1.7 miles high, yet none to be found.
Yes, because it is substantially being hoarded.
Just look at all the bank boxes of all the denominations being sold on EBay -- EBay has a substantial number of some of the issues that will not see circulation for a very long time if at all.
The checkers know nothing about any new coin designs. Want a confused look, ask them if they have heard anything about new coin designs.
The 1976 issue comparison about how much more we used change back then is valid, but also consider the desensitized theory. How many variations have been issued since the 1976. So not only do we not use change that much anymore, we've been worn down with maybe a hundred reverse designs?
@NJCoin said:
Yeah, well, with all due respect, that was a failed experiment. Cost a TON to process those orders and ship those coins at face value, with the intent to get them to circulate.
i was talking about boxes ordered from the local bank
Oh. In that case, never mind! Although, in my experience, you can order boxes from banks, but have no control over whether they are fresh or stale.
And, 99 times out of 100, they are not fresh. Do that enough times, and you can no longer order boxes from banks.
@mrcommem said:
I finally received my first quincentennial quarter in change yesterday. It took until June but was the Revolutionary War Quarter. What happened to the other quarters?
they have been selling well off the mint web site, if you don't mind paying premium for rolls
i don't know the timing of the obw releases but #3 Declaration of Independence is coming soon on the website
I MIND paying a premium for them. These are supposed to be “the people’s celebration coins.” The current mint director is supposed to in the collector’s corner. All I’ve seen since they had “the big penny auction” is that he is in his own corner. With “collector friends” like him, we don’t need adversaries. In a different way, this is as bad as it was in 1965 when mint officials regarded collectors as “the enemy.”
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
As far as I know, the mint has nothing to do with how or when the coins show up in change.
The banks play a larger role, intentionally or not. Here is another thread on the Forum posted by someone who wants mixed rolls of dimes but his bank only has new rolls:
I haven't gotten any 2026 or even 2025 coins in change yet. I guess that's because i virtually never get any coins in change. I mostly use credit cards.
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i was talking about boxes ordered from the local bank
And a stack of all coins currently in circulation would be a thousand miles high. That's the point he's trying to make. Even if randomly mixed in and not hoarsed, only about 1 in 500 or 1 in 1000 coins would be SemiQ.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
I’ve got the 2026 silver proof set headed my way. I looked past the high price point for the doubled dated coins in this set. I’m most looking forward to seeing the Half Dollar and Dime in person. The quarters have a nice reverse but I’m not crazy about the obverse designs.
"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them" Bruce Lee
Yes, because it is substantially being hoarded.
But the coin with the highest mintage> @WCC said:
Just look at all the bank boxes of all the denominations being sold on EBay -- EBay has a substantial number of some of the issues that will not see circulation for a very long time if at all.
The checkers know nothing about any new coin designs. Want a confused look, ask them if they have heard anything about new coin designs.
The 1976 issue comparison about how much more we used change back then is valid, but also consider the desensitized theory. How many variations have been issued since the 1976. So not only do we not use change that much anymore, we've been worn down with maybe a hundred reverse designs?
Oh. In that case, never mind! Although, in my experience, you can order boxes from banks, but have no control over whether they are fresh or stale.
And, 99 times out of 100, they are not fresh. Do that enough times, and you can no longer order boxes from banks.
that's the point. it was easy to get fresh boxes. now it's hard
I MIND paying a premium for them. These are supposed to be “the people’s celebration coins.” The current mint director is supposed to in the collector’s corner. All I’ve seen since they had “the big penny auction” is that he is in his own corner. With “collector friends” like him, we don’t need adversaries. In a different way, this is as bad as it was in 1965 when mint officials regarded collectors as “the enemy.”
As far as I know, the mint has nothing to do with how or when the coins show up in change.
The banks play a larger role, intentionally or not. Here is another thread on the Forum posted by someone who wants mixed rolls of dimes but his bank only has new rolls:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1123515/how-do-i-get-circulated-rolls-from-the-bank#latest
I haven't gotten any 2026 or even 2025 coins in change yet. I guess that's because i virtually never get any coins in change. I mostly use credit cards.