State Quarters.

True since if your collecting the Washington quarters, what is on the reverse is just what is on the reverse. Can't really be stopped because the reverses are different or people would have to stop so many other coins from collecting. Should Lincoln Cents be stopped after 1958? Or after 1943? Stop Roosevelt dimes after 1964 since different material?
No, it you collect Washington quarters, just one more slight difference. And in an Album, you only see the obverse until you turn the page.


Your kidding of course. Have you been to any car shows lately. Even if they saved half of those they would still be selling for a real lot of money. People just like that car.

That is a good deal for the whole set- $35. Congrats!

I did start the ATB set. I personally like them way more than the State Quarters. The ATB's are a must in my opinion for their designs.

I'm more enthusiastic about the ATB Quarters. They seem to have more interesting and attractive designs than the State Quarters, and the whole series is more coherent. I like the fact that they're flying somewhat under the radar of the public - it makes them something more interesting to show less coin-savvy people who are already familiar with the State Quarters.

It's also easier for me to go whole-hog collecting them. The series started only shortly before I started getting back into collecting, so I don't have to go back too far to get them all. I already had the 2010 and 2011 silver proof sets and the 2011 uncirculated set. To get the rest to fill my #8146 I just had to order the 2011 5-coin clad proof set at the same time I ordered the 2012 set last week, then just find the 2010 clad proofs and uncirculated on ebay.

As a compromise for State Quarters I am just doing a one-per-year book with the silver proofs. That album (#7146) has two blank holes on the last page which I'll use for proofs of the other two Washington quarter reverses (a silver bicentennial and a pre-65).

On the flip side one could start at 1998 and be happy. If one wanted to collect one of each design you only need one coin from 1932 to 1998 because they are all the same besides the year and mint mark.

A good point.

I hope he is not reading this.

Regardless, that is a very nice gift.

State Quarters got me into collecting as well. I remember being in 5th grade which I think was 1999, and the teacher was doing this huge raffle for a bunch of candy. Then she had a prize which was one of those maps for the quarters to go in. I wanted it really bad. She pulled a raffle ticket that wasn't mine, but the winner didn't want it. I was so excited. She pulled another ticket and they didn't want it. But I wanted it so bad. She pulled about 7 more tickets and nobody wanted it and it was killing me because I wanted it so bad. Well eventually she pulled one with my name on it and I snagged it right up. So I started collecting all of the quarters from 5 grade on, gradually then the new ones came out. And here I am now, I didn't start actually collecting coins until december 2010.

Great story and great deal on the State Quarters.

I think a lot of people aren't understanding why the State Quarters won't be worth much over face value in the years to come. It is because so many millions of each design were saved as BU. Since there might be a few million collectors throughout the country and most won't collect them, there are more than enough for everyone, so demand won't exceed supply. Hence the price won't rise much, if at all.

With the appearance of more and more BU State Quarters found at banks, I think many people are cashing them in, so hopefully the BU supply is dwindling.