How Are "You" Going To Collect The Parks Quarters ?

NONE! I don't do that State Quarter B.S. - coincrazed

I bought the Hot Springs P&D at the coin store yesterday. $1.50 for the two of them.

Yeah, now it's 'National Parks B.S.'. This is a new higher level of
'B.S.', because you can't just walk into a bank and walk out with a
box of BU rolls at face value.

Buying P&D Mint rolls 5 times a year for 11 years ratchets the 'B.S.'
level to unimaginable heights, and now you can get coaster-size 5 oz.
monstrosities that will still say "Quarter Dollar" on them!

Funny, I had no problem dumping massive quantities of State or even
Territory Quarters into circulation (I spent over $60 worth of BU
Northern Mariana Islands-D alone), but so far I've only put one Hot
Springs Quarter into circulation (and it was just covered in planchet
rinse, it looked horrible!). Heck, I even spent 23 2010-P Cents!

It's just that if that mintage for Hot Springs D stays at 19 million,
I'll want to keep them all, even if they're planchet rinse spotted
and scratched to oblivion!

(not to worry, eaglefoot, the ones I sent you looked
pretty good...)

I don't believe these were ever intended to satisfy the serious collector (States, Territories, Nat'l Parks, and whatever follows). But they did and still do provide some "excitement" for the novice. They will never be worth much over face value in our lifetime (speaking of the circulating coins only). Of course they did achieve their primary objective for special sets ... make the U.S. Mint a mint.

A bad decision for the Mint. The mintages may have been millions
higher, just from filling the banks' orders! All else being equal, more
business strikes minted equals more seigniorage (profit) for the Mint.
They may be missing out on minting 10 to 20 million more coins per design,
simply because the banks can't special order them...

The resulting low mintages are good for collector interest, though.
If the Hot Springs D stays at 19 million, even the 'classic' Washington
Quarter collectors will have to concede that this is a 'low mintage'
variety (since most years of Philadelphia Quarters from 1932 to 1964
are of higher mintages than 19 million!). Then, add in the increases
in U.S. population, and the coin collector population, since 1964!

I do still think that the mintage figures of National Parks Quarters
will gradually increase as the series progresses, simply because of
attrition of circulating State Quarters, which now constitute the bulk
of America's circulating Quarters...

You don't think there will be any "demand" or "value beyond face" for high range MS quality circulated Business Strikes ? (I'm speaking of 20-30 years from now). With the introduction of "Satin Finish".....you can't get those nice quality Biz. strikes from the Mint in a Set anymore....only from circulation..... equaling = much harder to find. Add low mintages to that in this economy....

I agree with Kurt in this a lot, and he explained my thoughts better than I could.
I think, that all of the "Hoopla" that the State Qtrs. created.....bringing the estimated total number of coin collectors up to 180 million, and then the Territory Qtrs., and then the Parks Qtrs......the Cent changes etc. etc. etc., that it's just brought a massive new breath into coin collecting, and a mass amount of new collectors who will/do have NEW interests. And because of this, these exact folks who were transfixed on the State Qtrs., will see to it that all of this "new Modern stuff" from the Mint will have some level of "staying power". The extent of that, only time will tell. I'm not saying "everything" that has come out or will come out will be a "hit" ......no no no.....not at all.....but "some" things are bound to be IMHO.
See, it ISN'T the "old-schoolers" at all who have any interest in them anyway......it's this new breed of the millennium, and the Ultra Modern coin collectors who may possibly make "the new stuff" into some level of credibility in the future, the very coins that are just kind of "scoffed at" by "old-schoolers" now.
Don't forget..... SOMEDAY THE NEW COLLECTORS RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO BE "OLD-SCHOOLERS" 30 years from now ! ....
This won't/can't ever take anything away from Classic coins......that's impossible...(the love for those will ALWAYS be there for EVERY consecutive generation no matter what,......but I think looking at things from a new Modern perspective.....with the future in mind....and the fact that this sport is really changing, is warranted.

I wont be collecting them either

Has anyone been able to find any rolls at a bank yet?