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New Member
United States
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What I Like About ATB QuartersThe America the Beautiful Quarters series is the first new design to arouse my true enthusiasm since the advent of the Kennedy half. I save every one of them I find. Why? 1. Unlike the States & Territories series, these new quarters share a uniform design format: the ring around the margin of the reverse. This allows an unobtrusive grouping of the required design elements (date, motto, etc.) around the main device, thus avoiding the cluttered appearance of the State Quarters. It also provides a common frame for the whole ATB series, similar to the fondly remembered extended sets of stamps once issued by our post office. 2. The vignettes, although subject to criticism, are for the most part interesting and attractive. 3. The bust of Washington on the obverse has regained something of its former dignity by the elimination of all that scrollwork in the hair. 4. The entire surface of the coin has a certain satiny character that helps to minimize the appearance of annoying dings and bag marks. 5. The lower mintages up to this point have made them harder to find in change, so there is the added thrill of the hunt. 6. The prospect of this set continuing until I am well into my nineties. The fun will never end! |
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Valued Member
United States
149 Posts |
I like them too. Most of the designs are very attractive works of art.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
I never thought about the common element of the outer ring. That's an excellent point!  |
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
I have to agree...I love the ATB series. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
784 Posts |
Yes on all counts! So far I get kinda giddy when I get one back in change!
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
I think the subject matter of a lot of the coins has a lot to do with it as well. It seems the favorites among the State Quarters were the ones that features natural scenes and settings like Colorado and Oregon. The ATB Quarters all feature national or state landmarks, but the vast majority of them so far seem to feature natural landmarks like the Grand Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, White Mountain, Etc... which seem to have more eye and collection appeal. And I also agree that the standard circular border making the location, state, and date marks uniform on each coin adds to the appeal. I look forward to collecting the entire series, much more-so than I did with the State Quarters. Edited by Raligard
03/15/2013 4:19 pm
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Valued Member
United States
449 Posts |
 It just so happens to be the best coin series ever! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5200 Posts |
I definitely like the ATB Quarters better than the 50 states. I think the main thing is the ATB Quarters have much more going on in the pictures, almost 3 D like and they all have a uniform border around the picture throughout the series. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
For all the reasons you state, they are indeed awesome. And I love the designs as they show on the 5 oz pucks too.
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New Member
United States
39 Posts |
Most of them are pretty great looking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1817 Posts |
You say that now because the released coins are of famous parks with iconic scenes. Just wait for quarters with Tallgrass (KS), Homestead (NE), Effigy Mounds (IA) and other lesser known/less picturesque sites in the years to come. It really remains to be seen how much ingenuity mint designers will come up with original art for some of these locations. If they aren't given the artwork by the respective park superintendents first. As an instance of this, the Glacier coin was a still image taken from a Park Service travelogue film commissioned in the 1920's!
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Valued Member
United States
231 Posts |
I also like them a lot. I casually collected coins as a kid, and just got back into coin collecting a few months ago when I saw the ATBs.
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Moderator
 United States
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I love the ATB series.  |
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Valued Member
United States
401 Posts |
I've been able to get all of the 2010 & 2011 and a couple of 2012 only because I have my cafeteria lady at work save them for me. All we get is P-mint though...
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Valued Member
United States
359 Posts |
Completely agree that the ATBs are quite the step up from the state designs. I especially love the uniform outer-ring reverse on each one.
Edited by cheezyfryes
03/18/2013 11:43 am
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I especially love the uniform outer-ring reverse on each one. So do I. The series has a more unified feel because of it. |
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Posted 03/15/2013 12:23 pm
