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New Member
United States
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I would say no. I collected Lincoln cents when I was younger then the hobby tailed off. I started collecting again with the State Quarters program started, but then stopped when I got involved with other stuff. I now hope to collect more consistently by focusing on Linclon cents, and newer coins like American the Beautiful quarters and Presidential dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
625 Posts |
Little old thread but I didnt put my 2 cents in on it. Nope, State Quarters did nothing for me. Gazing at my fathers old coins as a child did. He had lots of old silver which now serves as a basis for my collection. Love breaking them out and showing my kids now. |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
1063 Posts |
To a certain extent, and I am not american. I was working in Six Flags Great Adventure in 1999 when the first ones were circulating, and I worked the next two summers in the US and began to collect these. But I left the US without being a coin collector, but with a bag of coins that had a Buffalo nickel, lots of pennies, a few half dollars and a few dollar coins and went off to Spain which was just about to get the Euro coins. Spain had the peseta and I began to collect these because I knew they were disappearing. So Spain and the US made me a coin collector, even though I'm British and have a vague interest in older British coins! |
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United States
1745 Posts |
No, I have been collecting since the late 1960's. At least we had 50 states then.
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
I think the State Quarter series played a part in my igniting my collecting, but I didn't really stick to that series for long. I quickly found other series that I thought were more interesting. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
Nope.. 5 wheaties, a 1861 cwt, and a 1902-H canadian Half Dime did.. Lol State Quarters were the first series I actually tried to complete, tho... |
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
Yes - although more accurately it was the ATB Park Quarters that got me back into coin collecting. Now I have pretty much all of the clad dimes, quarters, and half dollars (except for 3 2008-2009 D quarters and the 2015 D dime) and am working on nickels. Just went through a box today and found 7 more, with 25 to go. The going gets slower and slower of course... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2543 Posts |
No, I have collecting since a kid. But definitely recharged me after one of many hiatuses.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
My grandparents got me into the hobby when I was 4 or 5 they got me whitman coinfolders for Christmas and when I would visit them would go through rolls of old pennies they had saved and help me fill the folders.
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
I think the State Quarter program is a great affordable way to get young kids interested in coins. I found a worn 1910 Wheat penny in circulation in 2008 that reignited my interest in coins. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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No ,I started when our quarters were made of 90% silver.  |
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T-BOP technically the proof state and ATB Quarters are also 90% silver but I get what you're saying. The State Quarters were one of the things that got me collecting. I wanted a full set of silver proof, which was the first set I completed Edited by CSOTUS
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United States
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I have to say that I was one of the many victims of the State Quarter program that brought so many people into the hobby.  |
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United States
717 Posts |
When my father-in-law passed, I went through all the change he had been keeping in jars. He only saved coins of interest, and the State Quarters were included. After sorting them, he had a nearly complete set, only missing three. Since I coach, I asked my girls if they could look for those three. A few days later, 2 different girls came in with 2 of the three. Another coach saw what we were doing, reached into his pocket to check his change, and he had the third! This was mint specific too, crazy coincidence. I decided after that that I wanted to have my own coin collection (the other is with my mother-in-law), and have since completed a circulated Franklin set, and an uncirculated state and territories set. Lincoln wheat is down to 3 more coins, and I have started an uncirculated Franklin set. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Quote:I have to say that I was one of the many victims of the State Quarter program that brought so many people into the hobby. That's what he U.S. mint wanted to do so they can have a lot more customers buying their products. It Makes CENTS ! personally I think It's great to have more coin collectors in this country.  |
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