Commems Collection Modern: An Ode To Clad Coinage

This certainly captures the spirit of collectors and explains why these "slugs" were never saved and instead allowed to circulate till they are nearly all degraded or lost entirely.

Frankly I was always surprised the general public cared so little about being forced to use debased coinage. It was like they didn't realize they were tendering a gold backed dollar for a 2c pack of gum and not even getting their change back. But no one cared except collectors who saw the more valuable silver coins disappearing from circulation.

Now days you can buy stacks, rolls, and bags of 1964 quarters in any grade you want but most of the '65 quarters are long gone and the few survivors are coins that began life as ugly misshapen and poorly made slugs and are now in poor condition, scratched, gouged, and stained. Finding a nicely made coin better than F condition requires a lot of effort simply because coin collectors knew we were being short changed and the general public never cared.