Collecting National Park Quarters
Bruce Remick
won't be letting banks order the new National Park quarters by specific
design. Rather than an inconvenience to collectors, I would like to think
that this would make it more of a challenge to assemble a set of quarters by
searching through change and coin rolls, just like we did years ago. What's
the fun or challenge of collecting if all it takes is to get on the Mint's
distribution list to have the latest BU quarter rolls automatically sent to
you at a premium?
I remember back in the 1940's and 50's when I collected bubble gum
cards, that the only way to get a complete set was to keep buying penny or
nickel gum packs and hoping for cards I didn't already have. And of course
we would trade our duplicates with friends. There was no option for buying
a complete set from the gum company, not that we would have. Once a card's
issue run was over, it often took a lot of looking and trading to complete a
set. There were no "dealers" to turn to. Anything else would have taken
much of the fun out of card collecting.
Looking through penny rolls offered another challenge to one day get the
whole Lincoln set. Few young collectors ever considered buying the ones
they needed. The hunt, along with the occasional success, kept us
interested. Today it seems that the challenge in finding the missing
quarters for one's album is not as much in the search as it is in coming up
with the money to buy the needed coins from a dealer. Impatience or
laziness, maybe, but more likely we simply have a different breed of
collectors today. But hopefully, there are lots of new collectors who
enjoyed assembling their state quarter set by networking and searching this
way, and that this enjoyment will create the interest for continued
collecting.
Perhaps this more restricted distribution policy for the National Park
quarters will give some collectors the opportunity to become more involved
in the old fashioned challenge of the hunt in order to assemble a complete
set.
les.p...@gmail.com
> I noticed the recent announcement that the Federal Reserve probably
> won't be letting banks order the new National Park quarters by specific
> design. Rather than an inconvenience to collectors, I would like to think
> that this would make it more of a challenge to assemble a set of quarters by
> searching through change and coin rolls, just like we did years ago. What's
> the fun or challenge of collecting if all it takes is to get on the Mint's
> distribution list to have the latest BU quarter rolls automatically sent to
> you at a premium?
>
> I remember back in the 1940's and 50's when I collected bubble gum
> cards, that the only way to get a complete set was to keep buying penny or
> nickel gum packs and hoping for cards I didn't already have. And of course
> we would trade our duplicates with friends. There was no option for buying
> a complete set from the gum company, not that we would have. Once a card's
> issue run was over, it often took a lot of looking and trading to complete a
> set. There were no "dealers" to turn to. Anything else would have taken
> much of the fun out of card collecting.
>
> Looking through penny rolls offered another challenge to one day get the
> whole Lincoln set. Few young collectors ever considered buying the ones
> they needed. The hunt, along with the occasional success, kept us
> interested.
I know that for me, hunting through boxes of cents for this year's
designs has been
fun, and I have almost found enough to make a mixed roll of cents.
Along the
way, I have found the lucky 1997 Pig cent from Bermuda, the Sea Star
cent
from the Bahamas, and a one sentimo from Panama, all of which are
close enough
to the dimensions of a U.S. cent to get mixed in.
Frank Galikanokus
I guess hunting through rolls and change has it's place. I did it when I
was a kid.
These days I don't have the time for it. However, I do have enough
income to pay a small premium for a nice coin at a show or online.
JAM
Dave Allured
>
> I noticed the recent announcement that the Federal Reserve probably
> won't be letting banks order the new National Park quarters by specific
> design.
Reference please??
--Dave
Bruce Remick
"Dave Allured" <nos...@nospom.com> wrote in message
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Coin World, Oct 12, 2009, p.52.
Bruce Remick
"Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
news:JQHBm.6996$f64....@newsfe13.iad...
To be precise, I suppose the Fed woudn't actually prohibit banks from
ordering specific designs, they just don't plan to ship quarter rolls based
on any specific requests.
Dave Allured
Coin World, I shoulda guessed. Thanks James.
No orders allowed. It figures, collectors are scum of the earth, they
do nothing to help the programs invented by Congress. Oh yeah, I
forgot, they're good for buying sucker deals from the US Mint at 180%
markup for plain money. That's something.
--Dave in a foul mood
Bruce Remick
I'm flattered to be called "James", but I must confess to being Bruce.
And my original thought was that the true challenge in assembling a complete
set of quarters should lie in the search for attractive examples from
circulation. Easily acquiring mint rolls at face value from banks or at a
premium from the Mint or dealers usually is just speculating or investing.
And kinda boring, IMO.
Back about 1950, my stamp-collecting grandfather subscribed me to a
First Day Of Issue stamp deal. With each new commemorative stamp issued, I
would automatically receive an special envelope addressed to me featuring
that stamp with a first day cancel. Needless to say, this never really
encouraged me to collect stamps. All the work was being done for me.
Filling a penny album, on the other hand, required my participation and
offered excitement whenever I discovered a missing date / mint or a better
example to replace a worn one. That did get me hooked.
Mr. Jaggers
Of course, readers of these pages must understand that you and I both
developped this worldview back when we were collecting large cents from
circulation. 8>)
James the Antebellum Scavenger
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Mr. Jaggers
Mercredi apr�s-midi et hier matin. A mon avis, �a craignait.
Jacques le D��u
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Dave Allured
Grrr, sleep deprivation. Thanks "Bruce".
--Dave
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Excessive driving??? Don't ever talk to *me* about excessive driving until
you've made the trip from North Lugburz to St. Chas. and back in a 36-hour
period. I *did* enjoy wiener schnitzel - with a frosted glass of Sprecher
rootbeer, of course - at the hofbrau with a friend of mine on the flipflop,
so life's not all bad.
James the Roadweary
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> period. I *did* enjoy wiener schnitzel - with a frosted glass of Sprecher
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Between work and daughter's basketball (several away games), I've been
doing 225+ miles every day recently. It's do-able, mostly
reimbursable and not even remarkable by bank examiner standards, but
it fogs the difference between "hier et demain" by the end of the
week.
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>> in a 36-hour period. I *did* enjoy wiener schnitzel - with a frosted
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> reimbursable and not even remarkable by bank examiner standards, but
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Entendu!
James the Agreeable
"Roßert G. Schaffrath"
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> I guess hunting through rolls and change has it's place. I did it when I
> was a kid.
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> These days I don't have the time for it. However, I do have enough
> income to pay a small premium for a nice coin at a show or online.
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> JAM
Same here. I initially started the State Quarters by pulling some from
circulation but finally gave up and started getting the rolls at the
bank. Unlike the 1950's and 1960's, credit cards are the common mode of
paying for a transaction now so I do not come into contact with that
much change any longer. Yes I carry paper money and use it occasionally
but for the most part I use the CC. Getting the coins directly from the
bank has been the only way I have been able to get the current coins,
especially the Presibux.
oly
wrote:
I have found that the only way to get the holes in the Presibux album
filled is to go to the coin dealer. I spend a lot of time in banks
and even the few banks that handle them can only provide one mint mark
or another of each Presidential type.
oly