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Valued Member
United States
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im not a huge fan of the "Sand People" what is the purpose of the people on the dunes?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree - I actually don't mind the sand people as much on the quarter as I did on the previous pictures I've seen. I like this years set quite a bit otherwise.
The story I have read elsewhere on the sand people - is that building sand castles is a popular thing to do in the dunes. The sand is very good for them because only a foot or so deep is wet sand - and it is said to be perfect for building the castles.
That said - the coin would have been fine to the rest of us who don't know the back story to the people being there - had they left them off.
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Valued Member
United States
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Never knew that. Learn something new everyday.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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shootn, I did not know that. Thanks for the info. :)
I just had to re-order my proof Eagle and my silver proof ATBs. As usual, the mint did not send the courtesy email to let me know they were going to bill and I had just paid other bills. Thing is, sometimes I actually do get the email. Never know when it will come in or not.
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Valued Member
United States
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I wish the mint would sell the 5 oz silver quarters in a set for any price shown above. Wait, I would not get any because they would sell out before I finished typing the order.
Seriously, has anyone actually seen a 5 oz quarter? I believe dealers can get bullion 5 oz quarters, but the mint site sells only proof at a very nice price from the mint's point of view. Too steep for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am big fan of ATB Quarter series. Collect proof and un circulated ATBs. They are better designed than the State Quarter series and mintages are also much lower. |
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United States
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Henry, we had the first ones. Had to sell them though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 5 ounce quarters overall are a nice series. The more detailed designs usually look better in the 5oz like I think Smokey Mountain will, but there are some that look better as a normal quarter. Perry comes to mind for one that looks weird with all that empty space on the bigger puck.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Has anyone on subscription for the silver proofs rec'd an email of shipment yet? Just wondering since first time subscriber and no email yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a subscription with the mint. 13.45
After seeing ebay prices for the silver proofs I signed up and got my silver proof set. Sweet...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
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Has anyone on subscription for the silver proofs rec'd an email of shipment yet? Just wondering since first time subscriber and no email yet. My first time doing the subscription as well. Have not gotten an email saying it was shipped yet, but I went on to the Mint website and checked my account and it said it was shipped today. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2168 Posts |
The 2012 were cut off suddenly so they command a high resale value.
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice looking coins. I really like the designs for this year. I agree that the ATB Quarter designs have been much nicer that the State Quarter designs of 1999-2009. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Im making my order friday getting a large order USMINT! Baby!! ebay seller will attempt to zap the buyers wonder why they dont type usmint.gov into there internet browser... Lol csnt wait to see the next 5 in my ATB dansco proof book! Boooyahhh |
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United States
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The proofs are remarkable, can't wait to see how they come out on the pucks.
Thanks for the picture.
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