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Nice article and appears pretty thorough. I'm not much into the analytical portion, more visual. I was especially interested in what you had to say about strike quality. Not being a quarter collector I paid attention that portion. So, being visual, a close up of the areas you discuss to evaluate strike would be helpful. Thanks sharing.  |
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Great article. I remember seeing these as a kid and thinking the JLA on the back stood for "Justice League of America" (I was only 6 years old when they first entered circulation)  I'm one of those who still hangs on to every example I come across. Even though they'll never be worth much more than face value, they appeal to me personally. |
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Very nice details. Too bad Jack's web site isn't an active link in the document, so that you can just click on it to open it up.
No mention of the silver proof sets or mint sets on collecting the coin section? I see the mint sets were mentioned briefly in a following paragraph though.
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 Here's an image. Yes, I didn't mention the silver issues. Sorry about that, perhaps I should have... but I just don't see them being as important as the clad issues in the long term. Am I wrong? I'll try to get that hyperlink added. Edited by cc99999
04/12/2012 09:39 am
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I think the silvers are going to be almost always fully struck, because they're proofs and the silver should be softer.
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True, but it would be nice to mention that they were made in silver. Plus mentioning silver would draw more attention to the article. I would think an author would want that?  |
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Great article, thanks for posting.
Ian
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These quarters seem to be generally "shunned" by most avid coin collectors.....their value has only ever been "face value", and that isn't likely to ever change. But having said that, if one just looks strickly at this "design"........it IS rather amazing ! The conception depicted is top notch, IMO. The symbolism and the historical aspects.......and just the overall quality of the design is good. I like everything it shows me and tells me. Thanks to this thread (and the o.p.) I will look at these quarters under a new light from now on. (Though I still won't be collecting any circulation quality examples, I will appreciate them all the more in my Sets !) .......  ....... ........ |
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I LOVE the Bicentennial Quarter. My grandfather used to save every single one of them he found in circulation. He had a huge old milk jug that sat behind his recliner that was just loaded with them. He even had all of the grandkids bring him their finds, used to pay $1 for 3 of them. I can't see one without thinking of him and I am not sure I could ever bring myself to spend one however I have nowhere near as many as he did.
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I'm going to second the motion that more attention would've been appreciated in the strike department.
I also wonder why you chose that particular order of topics. What was your goal with this article?
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@ContraJame- I wanted with this article to continue a discussion I started with this article: http://www.coinweek.com/news/coin-g...-everything/Namely, explaining why modern series tend to have ancillary attributions (to limit populations) and to look at what conventional wisdom has to say about the coin and to ask whether or not there are any weaknesses in the market. I leave it up to you to decide whether or not setting aside a fully struck high grade bicentennial quarter is a good call. |
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great article the drummer boy is my all time favorite not eagle reverse quarter
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when these quarters came out I was 14 years old and was very much into coin collecting . first time I saw one of these drummer boys I knew I wanted more of them so I went to every coin changer I knew of at laundry mats every week and cashed in all the dollars I made that week for quarters. anyway buy the end of 1977 I had well over 400 drummer boys .But sadly as time went on I lost interest and cashed them in . got back into collecting in 2006 I know have about 20 also the silver set and uncirculated set
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as a kid I loved them collected 1000s of them - and of course yrs later you start to realize they are worth 25 cents, might as well cash them all in and thats what I did few yrs ago still a pretty coin though I still have my proofs and silvers though
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FYI - your article was listed in today's edition of "Coin Update | Daily Coin Collecting News".
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Posted 04/12/2012 09:27 am
