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Bedrock of the Community
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With ebays fees for something like that you would almost certainly do better selling it offline or to a coin shop.
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Thanks guys, that answers my question. I'll put together a set and keep it for my kids, then sadly probably throw back all of the AU/BU extras I have :S
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United Kingdom
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Wrestling, such a shame re the AU/BU. When we were in the US in August last year (back again this year AND going to the Philly show - see you there guys)we spent many hours going to the banks to try and complete our son's State Quarters set. All of the coins were circulated and some pretty crappy, and you have AU/BU going begging! Not right somehow! |
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United States
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Quote:Actually a complelte State Quarter set in just the "P" and "D" mintmarks consists of 110 quarters (this includes all the territories) and face value of this set is $27.50. So if you sold it for $30 then after ebay fees I believe that you netted less than face value. I don't count the territories as State Quarters because they arent states. and my dansco is State Quarters from 1999 to 2008. I have a separate dansco for the territories. And... if you include territories then there would be 112, not 110, which would be $28. Dont forget there were 6 territories, not 5. |
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murrellington when I responded last night I was looking at the Whitman album that I have my circulated State Quarters residing in. I just realized that I had overlooked the Northern Mariana Islands coin from both the Philadelphia and Denver mints. The slot for this coin was hiding in plain sight.  I went back to check my 2009 proof sets to realize my mistake. So the end result is that I have to find 7 coins rather than 5. A big difference.  Thanks |
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wrestling_135 I just looked at the ad that is shown right below your original posting. It's offering a complete set of P & D coins (112) for sale including a Dansco album for 4 times the amount that they're buying them for off of ebay. So maybe there is hope for our state collection sets yet. Or possibily more precisely in the future. Hopefully your kids will also appreciate them also. You could put together comparible sets for all your kids. If you do it now, it will be easier than later. |
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United States
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I bought the State Quarters set from Franklin Mint. I regret it. To me, it looks like they went to a bank and got one of each state's quarters, put it in a small plastic tube and sent it on. I already had purchased the Presidential dollar set, which came in a nice wooden case and the coins were in a plastic capsule that is (supposedly) sealed with a treasurer's mark, and while I knew that the quarter set would not be that fancy, I was just let down at what I got. I will NEVER buy from FM again. |
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United States
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Quote: don't count the territories as State Quarters because they aren't states ......... I have a separate dansco for the territories  ...... This is what I did as well. Looks great with Dansco in BU-P&D with Proofs and Silver Proofs ! The P&D only BU State Qtrs.......... yeah, I did a circulation set for these that I just stuck in a folder. Got em' as nice conditioned as I could, but learned that I was never going to expect much beyond face for them....  Same with those who collecte State Quarter " ROLLS". No premium here either, just face value. (with a couple states there might be a possible exception or two though, although very slight) And yeah....I'd stay away from the Franklin Mint for SURE ! .........  Just like the HSN guys on t.v. ,.....they peddle overpriced crap........... let me re-phrase that ...... WAYYYYYY OVERPRICED STUFF to folks. Very similarly to the snake oil salesmen in the Old West days. Typically (or laughably), no one could EVER get what "they" paid for these items "from" them in the open market. Not in a thousand years !Just a rip-off scam artist scenario to make a bundle of money off of the under-educated public, concerning these coins. And it isn't illegal, not by a long-shot, so it goes on and on through the years and decades. It's just ....... BUYER BEWARE !Edited by eaglefoot
04/30/2012 09:48 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My solution was to get a Dansco #7146 (one per state/territory) and fill it with silver proofs. Or it will be, once I get the album and the silver proof sets I'm missing. It also has two blank holes, which I will fill with a silver bicentennial and a silver pre-1965 proof so I have a complete set of Washington quarter reverses in silver. |
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United States
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I paid around $27.00 for my set of State Quarters in BU condition. I took them out of the crappy presentation case they sent and purchased the Dansco State Quarter album with the slots for the proofs and the silver proofs. Several hundred dollars later it is complete. Already started just the silver coins for the state parks and purchased the Dansco album to put them in. They have only released three sets so far and I just do not have the gumption yet to start breaking the sets apart and putting them in the album. :) |
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United States
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I am doing the PDSS set as well. I figured the dansco would be worth more than the coins if I juts did P and D. So now I'm going the distance. The silver proofs are awesome though.
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The silver proofs are awesome though Wait until you have to buy the first year of issue. Hint: Be sitting down before you start looking online. Plan on $100 + just for that first set. It has come down some since I completed mine. I waited until the very end to buy the first set of Silver quarters - $159.00. Explain that charge on the debit/credit card to your better half ROF  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 1999 silver set was the first one I bought. lol.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I "still" need some '99 Silvers to complete "my" Dansco ! ....  I'd been hoping Silver prices would plummet, so that I could afford to get em' sometime .....  The Silver ATB's I'll have with the annual S. Proof sets I buy from the Mint each year, but I have not purchased the Dansco as of yet to house them. I think I'll wait awhile too. Like maybe when I have 6 or 8 plastic lenses to crack instead of just 3. At least I won't have any "holes" in my ATB Dansco (when I get it) since now A.L.L. of the years coins can be taken from the Sets......... (meaning the Satins are history !) No more "holes"........no more "going back" to try to buy a Silver Proof Set or a certain year Proof Set.......no more "roll searching" for suitable business strikes to put in the album..... whatever.......I buy ALL of the available sets each and every year now ! ...  Sure wish I'd have been doing that back in 1998 and 1999 ! ....  Edited by eaglefoot
05/04/2012 11:33 am
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United States
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I always see these sets when I'm flipping around on TV with "coin collector" or "coin vault" and them saying "they will only go up in value because they dont make them anymore" LOL
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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