ATB Quarters Collection... Am I Wasting My Time?

My personal opinion is if you are having a good time, it isn't a waste of time. Am I wasting my time pulling every beat up Wheat cent from a roll? Or every 2009 Dime and Nickle? I don't think so because I like it.

Now, if you are doing it to retire on... different story.

Yeah denco thats basically what my local coin dealer told me... Not in my lifetime which is unfortunate. Maybe ill just bury them one day and hopefully someone not too far down the road will stumble across them. Thanks

I collect them because it is fun. I suppose slightly to sell them later on, much later on as I'm only 22. As I've said though I do really like their designs. I mean while searching through coin rolls its easy to tell an ATB from the rest without even seeing the reverse because the obverses have a unique feature to them, which its really cool. Idk... Is anyone else collecting these for their own reasons. Id like to hear them lol.

If you are collecting them because you really like them, but at the same time want value. Then collect the silver proof ATBs the mintage is among the lowest of any Washington quarters ever. And the coins will always have there silver value.

My kids really started to get into collecting during the State Quarter series. We have a few full series that we pulled out of circulation. We also have a set of silver proofs. We are currently putting together a set of ATBs out of circulation. Yes we could buy them but it is so much more of a thrill when we go through the monthly change jar and find another one for the album.

Let me tell you what that is worth .......

Well, they are worth twenty-five cents now.

I have to agree with you though, I really like the ATB series.

I also cant help but feel that the obverse of the ATB series is so low on the coin surface. I've noticed throughout my time CRH that coins from say right after they got rid of silver coins, so after 1964, the detail of washingtons head and it reverse are so far off of the coin. ( not sure if that makes sense?) like basically portruding off the coin alot. Whereas the ATB Quarters obverse barely comes off the coin at all. I cant help but feel that the obverse of the ATBs will be worn off in almost no time in circulation. So my thinking is to save the ones I do find. Again I do undertand if that makes no sense, I just do not know the correct terminology to describe the portrusion of the coin details off of its surface. Someone will probably know what I mean lol... I hope

What you're referring to is the "relief", or how high the devices (such as the bust of Washington) are in relation to the flat fields.

Silver coins had higher relief because their features wore quicker in circulation than copper-nickel alloy coins.

Relief on Washington quarters has been progressively lowered since 1977.

The ATB obverse's bust of Washington is notably lower in relief than its predecessors. It's supposed to be a return to the 1932 design, but in that low of a relief it doesn't look like it. An MS 1932 Quarter almost looks like an Ultra High Relief 2009 Gold Eagle in comparison.

Every 1965 Quarter I've seen in circulation still has a full rim and and date, even after 47 years of wear.
Then again, they were struck in higher silver-type relief.

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Interesting point, although copper-nickel coins are much more suitable for low relief.
If they'd minted silver coins with such low relief, they would have become pocket pieces really quickly...

On business strike Denali-D's, the ram tends to blend into the background. Denali-S and Mint Set Denali P-D, the ram is more defined. Same with the frog on the El Yunque's.

My 2013 Silver Proof ATB's

I have never seen an ATB in circulation here in Michigan...plenty of State Quarters though!