America The Beautiful Quarters

Finding any American coins is a challenge in Canada: but a challenge worth taking, since I can sell rolls of clad for a slight premium over Canadian face. As a result, I've started actively hunting for American coins, which will always make me a profit.

My first ATB (around these parts, that usually stands for Alberta Treasury Bank) sighting was a tantalizing glimpse in a campus shop - but it was deep in unfriendly territory, with the cashier speaking poor English and me having events to get to. I can find dimes and nickels from the 2010s easily, and I'm even about halfway towards a Westward Journey set, but ATBs seem to conspire against me. First they have low mintages, heavily diminishing the odds of any making their way north. And they're a new series with a distinctive look, encouraging returning snowbirds to keep them out of their wallets and in their RVs (presumably hoarded in giant piles to taunt me). Plus, the Bank of Canada now screens quarters to take out any nickel/silver/clad ones - American quarters get the boot too! This is terrible for me, because I'll never find a single quarter older than 1999 (and a 1999-P would be very lucky for me) in a machine-wrapped roll.

However, I did manage to find a lovely 2013 White Mountain-D in change, which was quite the shock, considering my previous newest State Quarter was from 2007 (these take time to accumulate, apparently). It's now in a place of honour next to my 2013-D cent and assorted 2013 domestic coinage (still looking for that dime and loonie!).

nalaberong: If it's such a challenge, may be you should just buy one of each of those set from the mint (Uncirculated, Proof, Silver Proof, S-mint quarters set). OR if you have enough funding, get a friend in the US to send you a few boxes of quarters ($250/box) OR you can starting out with rolls (each bank wrap roll have 40 quarters, worth $10), a small Priority flat rate box can hold probably up to 20 rolls and cost about $15 to ship....... just my thought.

I changed it so people can e-mail me now so if you look at my profile you should be able to e-mail me.

Even though I've purchased all the mint set and Proof pieces, I still pull them out of circulation whenever I see them. They're not that hard to find around here (Central Maryland). I work in a store and the cashiers spot them for me at the rate of 4 or 5 a day, including 2013 issues. Some of them are beautiful, high grade coins. They're mostly all P-mint issues though.