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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another blunder IMO. I am ready for some normalcy and enough with the yearly changing designs. In fact, since this programs inception, I have only seen 1 of these coins in circulation. Remarkable huh?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Honestly I find these far more attractive than the State Quarters. I had no interest in collecting the states but these peak my interest. Their difficulty in finding them to me only entices me to collect them more. What fun is it to collect something easy to find? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'm just not interested in them. Go back to the eagle or something else and keep the design the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
836 Posts |
I like the changing design every year. I think it will make them worth a little bit more in the long long run (One hundred years from now). Also, I feel the parks look way better then the states, and I love roll searching quarters in hopes of finding parks and of course silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm just not interested in them. Go back to the eagle or something else and keep the design the same.  And I thought I was alone with that thought. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
I agree, lets go back to something practical and keep it the same so when my cousin finds a Standing Liberty quarter in her change, she'll give it to me instead of thinking its a new design. |
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Quote:Honestly I find these far more attractive than the State Quarters. I agree. It appears some lessons were learned from the Statehood program. Quote:
Go back to the eagle or something else and keep the design the same. I suspect that we will never have a normal reverse again. I almost guarantee that they will have created yet another program when this one ends in 2033 (the legislation included an option for the program to be extended). |
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Valued Member
United States
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I do like the designs of some of the Statehood Quarters (Arkansas, Mississippi, Nevada, Alaska, and Oklahoma are among my personal favorites), but the ATB Quarters are more attractive, overall. I'm holding out hope that they will not extend the program and revert to a single reverse in 2021, though. I suppose time will tell. Based on what I've seen and what I've heard from my friends and family, many people barely even know the ATB Quarters exist, whereas the Statehood Quarters were a big deal. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a lot of design on a small coin really. Now an Ike sized coin with those designs may be more attractive. I also suspect a normal reverse will be a thing of the past.
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United States
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I found a Yosemite 2010 yesterday, the first and only ATB I have found. I like it. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The ATB series is so much better design-wise than the State Quarters. The State Quarters are so inconsistent in style and quality, half of them are completely ugly, only a handful are really that nice. All 10 ATB Quarters release so far are good to excellent, and the consistency in format makes for a more beautiful set. I'll be collecting all the silver proofs (actually, probably all the silver proof sets for the duration of the program, since I want several other proof coins over that span). I'll probably work on collecting the State Quarter silver proofs also, but mostly as a side effect of collecting proof sets going back to 1999. I want proofs of the Sacagaweas, Westward Journey nickels, Lincoln bicentennials, etc. and after-market proof sets are pretty cheap and available. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Only found around 13 or so of them through circulation and roll-searching. They are out there, but are about as rare as wheat cents it seems. I could go months and months without ever finding one. Actually got lucky once and found 2 in the same week. I too also find them better looking than the State Quarters, not only the reverses, but the obverse 1932 restored Washington bust looks way better than "I got spaghetti for hair" State Quarter Washington. |
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