Back in 1999, when the first state quarters came out there were a lot of new numismatists quite exited. They bound the beautiful circulating coins in a state quarter map, designed, as implied, to hold each state's respective quarter. After the last quarter was came out in 2008, the Mint began to issue coins from the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Program in 2009. Since, the Mint has taken the coins out of circulation and made nearly $3 billion from the many coin collections that lack the specialty coins. The program was exceptionally popular, with over half the U.S. collecting adding the coins to their coin collection, casually or seriously.
The designs of these coins were chosen and designed by state residents and feature prominent Americans, geographic features, state birds, fish and trees, state outlines and other state historical symbols.
The coins were so popular they inspired another series: America the Beautiful quarters. These quarters are now being issued until at least 2021, and may be extended should the Secretary of the Treasury choose, until 2033. On the obverse of each are designs depicting National Parks. Four sites have already been depicted, (Grand Canyon, Yosemite, the New Hampshire White Mountains and Mt. Rushmore) and will have new designs for this series of quarters.
These quarters show vivid images of parks and monuments from around the country. They show both natural history, as exemplified by the Grand Canyon quarter, as well as a political and social history, re., the Gettysburg National Military Park quarter, which was released earlier this year. Such variety is a windfall for coin collecting. It also gives rise to possible errors in dies, such as the 2005 Kansas quarter which says "In God We Rust." The collectible value for coins like this is considerably higher than the normal coin.
If you want to start collecting, all you need is a State Quarter map and a big bag of change. Ask relatives if you can sort through their coins, and trade them older quarters for newer ones (chances are they'll just let you have them anyway). This is the best way to start a coin collection. Keep your eyes peeled in your daily interactions so you can get all fifty. If necessary, buy some at your local coin shop. You may also want to invest in proof sets, which can be valuable too. But overall, remember that some of the most fun in owning a coin collection is searching and finally finding that last elusive coin.
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