Quote:
coretj:"so you're saying that it might be a good idea"
It might not be the
worst idea, since it seems like these are going to
be almost impossible to acquire at face value, either from pocket change
or from bank rolls.
The few bank rolls of these that
do dribble out of the Fed will
probably be put on
ebay, by those who are lucky enough to get them!
This is what happened with the 2009 Cents,
but new Cents are (by
necessity) distributed more than Quarters. Cents have a much higher
attrition rate than Quarters (zinc corrosion, left on ground and not retrieved,
bent, etc.)
This meant that a certain percentage of 2009
Cents simply
had to be released...
Here in Denver, the Federal Reserve Branch is still distributing
2008-D Nickels and Dimes (as of Feb. 2010). The 2009-D business
strike Dimes and Nickels have not even left the Fed yet! Given this
situation, it is possible that there might not even
be any 2010-D
business strike Nickels or Dimes. This is not without historical
precedent-
Ex: no 1931 or 1933 Quarters, no 1932-33 Nickels or Dimes,
no 1930-32 Half-Dollars. There would have been no 1932 Quarters,
but for the desire to issue a
Washington quarter that year as a
circulating commemorative, in honor of the 200th anniversary of his
birth...
So, it is a
very good question as to whether any 2010
business strike Quarters will even be "needed" to be distributed by
the Federal Reserve for circulation use (especially since banks can't
special-order them from the Fed as 'commemoratives').
There was already a major decline nationally in the number of banks
that ordered the 2009 Territorial Quarters, as compared to the
1999-2008
Statehood Quarters.
The 2010 business strike Quarters may end up being minted in 'token'

quantities, mostly for the Mint's bags and rolls program, with any
leftovers being sent to the Fed, who would distribute those randomly
and in no particular time frame.
And...what if the entire
mintage of a particular design was 'sold out' strictly to the bags
and rolls allocations, and none left over going to the Fed?
We would have a "NIFC" (issued only to collectors) design, by default!
This would mean that most 2010 business strike Quarters will be in
collector's hands from the 'get-go' (so most all of them would stay
in Uncirculated condition), but the near-impossibility of acquiring
them in circulation should help their value appreciation.
If the Mint bags/rolls are the only practical way for most collectors
to obtain these coins, the 2010 Quarters will basically be "NIFC"
(not intended for circulation) coins, in practical terms (even if a
few 'leftovers' happen to be collecting dust in the Fed's vaults!)
Certainly, premium-priced Mint Rolls seemed ridiculous when you could
buy boxes of BU Quarters at face value from your local bank, but it's
looking like things have 'changed'

....