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I'm on the fence on this one. I enjoy it and I am also frustrated by it. Before I really got interested in collecting, I was assembling a set of circulated State Quarters in a cheap little folder. After I got really interested in collecting, I decided to focus only on ciruclated silver Washingtons. I still pull all the other designs and put them into folders -- just for fun, but I never once considered buying them all. I guess I would rather have my collection made up of stuff I pulled from circulation and keep the rest of my collection to just a few dozen pretty good coins. |
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To me it's no different than painting them various colors after striking so you'll buy one of each color, and no more numismatically relevant. They cost more to make - extra design/development - and are only there because collectors will fill their pockets with seignorage to purchase them.
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Well, I like them, so there.  |
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From an artistic standpoint, I actually think the ATB Quarters are some of the best circulating coins this side of the Walker half and Mercury dime. Especially the ones showing landscapes--the detail and eye appeal are just great. From the standpoint of a collector, it's tiring. I've put together multiple state and territory sets, just because. I told myself that I would treat the ATB Quarters as regular change, but then the first couple years were suddenly key dates, so I got suckered in. I'm in too deep now to just quit. I am fine with educational designs on our coins. I would prefer a "standard" design on the quarter so that ATB II feels like a fresh start. I just don't see the point in releasing 5-6 designs per year. Also, does anybody remember this (satirical) article: http://www.theonion.com/articles/us...ty-pen,1326/ |
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 Never saw that article before. Thanks for the laugh. |
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Classic Onion.  |
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That's the nice thing about not collecting clad coinage, the pre-65 designs don't change!
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I like them it's always refreshing to chr for quarters because of it. I also thing some of the reverses on the ATB have been stunning. I was never a fan of the State Quarters though I have a set. Especially now they look sorta non professional but that might had been of the design process of having state legislators choose from mostly amateur design contests. |
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I agree with you, TF. After a while, all these commemorative designs see to add up to a publicity stunt by the mint to get collectors to buy more coins. It's overwhelming and I hope the mint has figured out when it's going to stop.
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And here is the flip side. I love them. I like the variety. A lot of the designs are beautiful ( a few have been duds, but not many) and they make for a stunning display in a Dansco. The same holds for the State Quarters. Burned out or tired of the variety? Sorry, but I dont get that. Collecting variety is tedious, but collecting the same thing over and over is not? That seems backwards to me. |
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 The voice of reason.  |
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I would actually prefer a once reverse change a la the Native American dollar. A new variety every year would be enough to keep collectors interested. |
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I really had high hopes and was excited for the Sac dollars but they went ahead and decided on edge lettering and took the eagle reverse away. That really killed the series for me.
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Quote: I would actually prefer a once reverse change a la the Native American dollar. A new variety every year would be enough to keep collectors interested. Quote:
I really had high hopes and was excited for the Sac dollars but they went ahead and decided on edge lettering and took the eagle reverse away. That really killed the series for me. I cannot see the year or mint mark when the coin is in my Dansco, so it is the annual reverse change that keeps me collecting them by date at least. No sense messing with collecting by mint when I cannot see the mark, so I only collect the proofs. |
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