Good Buy Or Not? 24k Gold Plated State Quarters.

Oh boy, HSN is the red-headed orphan stepchild on this forum. You have just opened a can of worms... I'll leave it to the more seasoned veterans of this board to comment. As for your buy, see if you can cancel your purchase before your credit card is charged.

Unfortunately, you just paid over $200 for coins that are worth only their face value, which in this case is $28.00.




Plating does nothing positive to any numismatic value. It is viewed as post-Mint damage and ruins the numismatic value of any coin.

Sorry buddy, but like the other poster said, they will never be worth more then their face value. And the amount of gold used in gold plating these is so minimal, it doesn't add up to the price you paid. And you can hold these coins for 50 years and you'll still not be able to recover the cost of it, let alone the added interest you should earn in 50 years.
If you want a State Quarters collection, I say go to ebay and spend $50-$70 on an Uncirculated set (non gold clad). Or if you want other ideas for investing your $200 in coins, just ask, I am sure many people here will be able to help you out.

Edit: And sorry you won't like this either, just found my other post where we talked about this same set:

https://goccf.com/t/88150

Like the others have said, they have no collector/numismatic value above their face value and 99.9% likely never will. Collectors see them as damages coins and the gold value is nominal to say the least. If you like them though and want to display them, and are ok with what you paid, then that's fine too. I think we are just informing you that they aren't worth nearly what you bought them for and never will be, so don't think of them as an investment.

When ever you buy something you want to increase in numismatic premium, think about how much other collectors might like it. Is the gold-plated coin market popular? Not really. Of course you may not know that, but if you want to buy the coins as a gift for yourself or someone else, go ahead. I have a goldplated quarter I bought a few years back because I thought it was cool. If you like what you buy, than keep it.
But if you are looking to have the item rise in value, think of what's hot and not mass produced.

Yeah, I never buy anything on TV, I remember back in the mid 1990s Star Wars Special Edition hit theaters. All stores had a lot of rare collectiables you don't see to often. I got a Boba Fett 12inch collectable model figure I guess you could call it for for $29.99 as a gift around the holidays. I saw the same exact thing on QVC or HSN, I don't remember which shopping channel it was, but they wanted $59.99 for it. I got my at Suncoast for a lot less. Let not forget about those collectable Obama quarters.....

Well, if it's any consolation, the quarters will always be worth a quarter, and will pass through any vending machine given that level of gilding is negligible to make a difference in weight. If you like the set and keep it, that's fine too. From a layman's point of view, it is a pretty set with the wooden presentation case, and you could always get a table at a flea market, and sell the darn thing to someone even less interested in numismatics for more than $100...the exact kind of buyer HSN looks for. Their motto: find the person with more money than sense.