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I remember the excitement, even among non-coin collectors, at seeing these new designs. What people too young to have been there might not understand is the huge impact these coins made on everyone. Nowadays there is a new design on a quarter every time the mint director sneezes, but back then a different REV on an oh-so-familiar coin was a very special thing indeed.
Many people hoarded the bicentennials "knowing" the amazingly different designs would have to make them "worth something some day." Admittedly I still have a 5.00 (no typo) roll of quarters that have not been opened since 1975.
As to the designs themselves, I always liked the quarter and the Ike, but I thought the JFK was a bit plain compared to those. But I still remember the excitement at seeing the first quarter I got in change.
Good memories.
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The Bicentennial half dollar surely hasn't been forgotten by roll searchers. Lord knows there are way too many of them still out there.........................
I carry a type 1 & type 2 Bicentennial Ikes as pocket pieces.
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04/11/2018 07:05 am
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They made way to many of all of those.
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Yeah, the thing about these designs is that they were only minted for two years and then they went back to the original reverses. So that's what made them all the more special, in my mind.
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It seems to me the designs that commemorated the USA bicentennial in 1975/76 are largely forgotten today. Not the Ike.  Quote:
I carry a type 1 & type 2 Bicentennial Ikes as pocket pieces. See.  |
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I Love the 75-76 coins. This is what got me into coin collecting.
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I didn't dump mine until '84. I still saved one roll of each in the best grades I had.
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Ironic...
As much as I really enjoyed the Bicentennials when they came out, I used to dream about finding a normal 1975 quarter, half and Ike. Then a few years ago Daniel Carr started to make some over strike fantasy 1975 coins of all three denominations. I was as excited about owning one of each of the fantasy coins (hey, I had dreamed about them for years!) as I was the original 1976 coins when they came out.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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I am old enough to remember that excitement~!  But cashed in all the ones I pulled from circulation many years ago. I kept a silver proof set tho. |
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Just imagine that no matter which friend of yours you saw they would say, "Hey, have you seen one of THESE yet?" as they handed you a Bicentennial quarter. It was that exciting (at least where I was!).
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Quote: I am old enough to remember that excitement~! I was in elementary school.  |
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I was a junior in high school.
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I was born in the early 80s, but finding the "drummer boy" quarter in pocket change during the 90s is a thrill that helped get me into coin collecting. I think its one of our nation's best coin designs.
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The Bicentennial Quarter design is still my all-time favorite quarter reverse (followed closely by the Barber reverse). I still save every one I come across.
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Posted 04/11/2018 07:03 am
