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I live in Canada (about a 5 hour drive north of Great Falls, Montana in Calgary, Alberta). I don't collect U.S. coins but my wife collects state and park quarters from change she receives or when I roll hunt Canadian quarters. There are often one or two U.S. quarters in a roll although not always State Quarters. Over the course of a year she has found 90 different State Quarters so her album is getting close to complete. She has started to collect the park quarters (sorry I don't know the official name). She seemed to always find about 20% more of the D for the State Quarters and I notice that now for the parks, the D variety is outnumbering the P by about 3 to 1. I see the mintage is similar so is it because we are closer to Denver and their coins are released in the west? With the way people travel I would expect they would all mix in within a year. Thoughts from those of you who live in the States and collected these from change? Did where you live influence the percentage of D vs P? Edited by punman
03/16/2014 12:18 pm
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United States
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"Is there a method in the US Mint distribution?" https://goccf.com/t/172645I said it there I'll say it here... they just do it to mess with collectors  Think about the way people travel these days... high speed cross country planes, there are still buses and trains and the family car, 40 years ago paper and coin were the forums of payment... but now it's checks and cards. Why lug a pocket full of change across the nation when a couple pieces of plastic can be used more securely? I've been working on U.S. CRH for about year myself in Montana and have about the same distribution of P vs. D, I have all the State Quarters and am only missing a few P's from the territories in 2009, then the ATB, American The Beautiful, series is pretty spotty for me. I have all the D mint marks, and agree that it really doesn't take that long to get the P's into the area but the trick is finding them, be patient, keep looking and Good LUCK!  Edited by ASLAN TVorlon
03/16/2014 3:14 pm
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United States
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I live in Massachusetts, I find high grade MS P minted coins easily, as if straight from the mint ... but to find a MS D, or even a well circulated D in even decent condition for that matter, is definitely not an easy task. I just order all the new ATB's (from all three mints) now because it's near impossible to find a MS D (and surely not a S) in circulation, and definitely not in the grades I'm looking for. I bought all the states for a high grade album as well, but also have a circulation folder I've been doing just for fun and I've been doing it since they came out and upgrading as they come along and there's still some empty D holes.... If that says anything, lol. |
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I see the mintage is similar so is it because we are closer to Denver and their coins are released in the west? Yes.  Quote:
With the way people travel I would expect they would all mix in within a year. It does not, because this... Quote:
Why lug a pocket full of change across the nation when a couple pieces of plastic can be used more securely? It has not always been that way. Since the turn of the century I have relied on family out west for Denver minted circulation finds. By the way, the only cash I take when I travel is paper or plastic. Never coin, because that is just one less thing to worry about when going through a security checkpoint. |
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United States
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Quarters used to mix pretty fast but coins just don't serve as real money as much as they used to. They tend to be used to make change rather than spent. In the '60's most of the mixing took place in about 6 years but it's closer to 15 years now days.
It can be tough to find both mints' coins in nice condition since the coins don't travel as far when they travel so have been used a lot before you see them.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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United States
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I'd agree with cladking. P and D coins circulate almost exclusively in their respective region and slowly mix before becoming roughly even after about 10 years. State Quarters are not difficult at all to collect from circulation, even in high grades. I'd say that State Quarters have finally overcome the 1965-1998 variety as the majority design--maybe 50-75% of your typical cash register quarters will be State Quarters, depending on your source. If you didn't particularly care about condition, I'd say that it would be possible to collect all 100 P/D State Quarters in less than $1000. It's worth noting that the territory (2009) and ATB until 2013 are significantly harder to find in circulation. The mint massively over-produced during the 10 years of the State Quarter program, and made up the difference over the next few years. It took me about a year of religious change-checking (while I was a cashier, mind you) to find all of the territory quarters, and I still have several holes in the ATB set. |
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United States
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@NathanASE OHey, another Massachusetts person :D Funny enough, I've found more good-looking Denver quarters as opposed to Philly ones :S I've still haven't found many of the lower mintage ATB Quarters yet though. |
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United States
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Here in the Florida panhandle (NW Florida) we get new "P" coins most of the time, but rarely get new "D" coins. Any "D" coins I find are usually well circulated so I have to find someone to trade with to get better grades. Have found most of the "D" State Quarter here, but am still looking for some of the lower mintage "D" ATB Quarters. Still looking though. |
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 Canada
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Thanks to all those who responded. I guess my wife has done remarkably well since she is collecting these things in Canadian change, not in the States. I welcome more feedback for those just reading this thread for the first time.
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United States
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I haven't searched quarter rolls for a couple years but last week I got 6 rolls to look through and was surprised of the poor condition of the State Quarters.. |
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United States
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State parks= America the Beautiful national parks
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United States
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I'm doing quite well in Washington, only missing 3 of the Denver mints. Philly is just way to difficult over here
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United States
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Same here in Maryland. About 1 in 10 is D and they are usually 1999 to 2004. I have yet to see an Indiana D in circulation and no park Ds.
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United States
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90 different State Quarters? there's only 50 states, I'm sure youre aware of that. Did you mean 90 individual state coins? Edited by Cruisinfusion
03/29/2014 11:18 pm
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Canada
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Yes but each has a D or P mint mark so that is 50 x 2.
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