Is It Worth Collecting Statehood Quarters?

There are a lot of these produced. Some will disagree but I think the best investment bet for this is to go with high ms or pf70. If demand for TPG high grades continue these may be the only items with rarity from the set. Me personally, I bought a dansco album and am filling it from pocket change. It's a beautiful set, just not rare.

If you are going to collect these just as an investment, go for the silver. Otherwise, in my opinion, these I don't see taking off in price anywhere. I collected this set from circulation and only purchased a few over face value to complete this set. It was a fun one. Now the National Parks quarters, I'll pass.

Are you talking about the silver proof sets for these? If you're talking about silver bullion coins I'm not interested in that.

I am not buying or collecting any coins just for investment purposes, I'm somewhere in between. I'm mostly collecting things that I like but I want to try to make wise purchases if possible. Admittedly though things could change in 25 years so I guess it doesn't matter that much.

I have two complete mint sets plus clad proofs... they're for my nephews - ages 9 and 6. It's a long-term thing. I'm looking at 40 year plus on this. Costs them nothing and me a bit of cash otherwise spent on sour mash and cigarettes. We'll see the difference in 2052. By then, I'll be pushing up daisies.

State Quarters ARE Washington quarters with a distinctly different design for each state on the reverse. Ditto for the National Parks issues, Washington on the obverse a different national park on the reverse.

Ed
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If you like them, just collect from circulation, otherwise buy graded examples in MS67 and higher. There were 100's of millions made of each of the designs, so they'll never be rare. If you truly are in-between collecting and investing in US coins, bypass the State Quarters entirely, and work on a 19th and 20th Century type coin set in XF-AU-MS grades, such as found in a Dansco 7070 album. Much more rewarding and satisfying than chasing after common State Quarters.

That's the majority of my interest, i.e. 19th and 20th century type coins, and I'm buying the highest grades I can for each (not for investment reasons I just want full detail). I was just kinda thinking about something more modern to collect too and figured I could get the whole set of the 50 State Quarters for a reasonable amount of money. If I do go for State Quarters its definitely going to be the silver proof set and nothing else.... not only do I think silver coins look much better but I have no proof coins currently. Also I think these would have more value in the future because they're silver and the mintages are lower.

When I say I'm in between collector and investor I basically mean I'm trying to avoid buying something that is likely to lose value. Honestly though how many coins lose value after 30 years? At the same time I do not expect to make significant money by owning these coins. I'm not gonna try flipping coins or doing anything like that either. However, if I somehow determined through reading and research that a coin was underrated in general, I would certainly try to get it even if I didn't "need" it.

It's somewhat a way of justifying the cost of the coins, as well somewhat a means of avoiding impulse buys.

It's true that they will probably never be worth a great deal more than what someone pays for them. By that I mean a Quarter is always still a Quarter. As to not being popular or not liking them, look around.


There are a pile of companiese making all sorts of Folders and Albums just for those. They well know kids like them enough to save them. Some use them as an educational tool for kids too.