State Quarters? Does Anyone Bother With These Anymore?

I managed to pull an entire set, and by that I mean I pulled all the states from the Denver and philly mints from circulation, and I bought a clad proof set of all the states and that was it for me.

I was shocked to be able to pull the philly mint ones since I live in the Denver mints backyard.

One roll took care of about 75% of the philly minted ones.

The only State Quarters I am still after are the Wisconsin high and low leaf errors.

I quite like the design. In fact, I think it's my favorite out of the territory series. I get it, though. I don't really know what significance he holds other than being born in Washington DC.

I very much enjoy collecting the States,Territories, ATB, and Famous Women series, all pulled from circulation. They keep me quite busy. I have most of the States series. Living in Castle Rock, CO, I have all the Denver issues, but still missing about a dozen of the Phillies.
Whenever I buy quarter rolls, I'm always on the lookout for upgrades and varieties (and ATB W's, none of which I've found yet).
As has been said many times before - "It's more about the thrill of the hunt!"
Cheers.

Yeah, I do.

However, I did three summers working in the US, the last summer was 2001. Then I went to South America in 2009 and passed through NY.

So, I don't have a full set. I liked these coins, one of the reasons I started collecting in the first place. I haven't been back to the US since.

I've got an almost complete set of P&D State Quarters (only missing 3 of the territories) ATB series (missing 9 earlier ones) and the American Women series (missing a few more recent ones) all pulled from circulation. I go through 3 or 4 rolls from the bank per month as well as searching the cash register drawers at work when I have time. That's all I am interested in. I have found a few proofs at work from people spending cracked proof sets but they are definitely impaired.

I prefer to collect circulated for 2 reasons. One, they are cheap. I've never paid more than a quarter for any of them. Two, if I ever decide I want to cash my coins in for a couple of ounces of silver I won't really miss them. In a way its a forced savings. Much like how I grab every 2 dollar bill and dollar coin I can find. I won't miss the few bucks out of my pocket and I know I won't be tempted to spend them on something trivial. I recently cashed in $1000 worth and bought a gold coin and some silver.

Exactly. What else are you going to do with your time? Few people are actively making money 24/7 so during their time away from their job they aren't making anything. I'm not saying what they are doing doesn't have value its just that you can't put a dollar value on everything. Searching coins for 6 bucks an hour may not seem like a productive way to spend your time but if you get enjoyment out of it the 6 bucks is just a bonus.




Anyone who has the money can have an expensive collection. I could buy nicer coins but like you I prefer to hunt for them rather than go into a shop or pull up a website and buy my collection.

I've always had a problem with the "quality over quantity" mentality. That may be fine if your collection is an investment but most of my collections are not. I like things that were used and intended to be used not made and put into a sealed container and stuffed away in a vault to preserve them.

A buddy of mine once got angry because the 1969 Shelby Mustang that he bought fully restored lost a best of show trophy to a 1972 Chevy Nova. I explained why I voted for the Nova was because he (my buddy) paid for his car which had been been professionally restored while the Nova was a beautifully restored to showroom quality by a kid and his dad over a 4 year period mostly done in their garage starting when the kid was 13.

I still see a decent number of state coins in excellent shape for their age, and in fact I just got a BU (or really high AU) Illinois quarter from 2003 in my vending machine change yesterday.