Why is it so hard to find Philly mint quarters on the West Coast?
March 8, 2010 3:43 PM Subscribe
Why are State Quarters from the Philly mint so hard for me to find nowadays?
In 1999, I bought a "State Quarter" book, with 100 blank entries, two for each quarter. One for the Denver mint, one for the Philadelphia mint.
I understand that the mints release the quarters to banks geographically close to them, and since I live in Los Angeles, it makes sense that I would see a lot of "Denver" quarters.
For the past few years, though, my experience is that the Philadelphia quarters are harder and harder for me to find. When I first started, I had no problem filling in each year shortly after it was complete. But in recent years, no such luck. I have only a handful of post-2005 Philadelphia mint quarters. I go through a relatively constant amount of quarters for laundry reasons.
Is this just my perception / my bad luck, or is there some deeper reason I'm having such trouble filling in those last twenty or so spots in my book? (And have collectors on the East coast noticed a similar phenomenon with the Denver minted quarters?)
In 1999, I bought a "State Quarter" book, with 100 blank entries, two for each quarter. One for the Denver mint, one for the Philadelphia mint.
I understand that the mints release the quarters to banks geographically close to them, and since I live in Los Angeles, it makes sense that I would see a lot of "Denver" quarters.
For the past few years, though, my experience is that the Philadelphia quarters are harder and harder for me to find. When I first started, I had no problem filling in each year shortly after it was complete. But in recent years, no such luck. I have only a handful of post-2005 Philadelphia mint quarters. I go through a relatively constant amount of quarters for laundry reasons.
Is this just my perception / my bad luck, or is there some deeper reason I'm having such trouble filling in those last twenty or so spots in my book? (And have collectors on the East coast noticed a similar phenomenon with the Denver minted quarters?)
I am in Rhode Island and I never see Denver quarters. MeMail me and maybe we can work out a swap!
posted by wenestvedt at 11:04 AM on March 10, 2010
posted by wenestvedt at 11:04 AM on March 10, 2010
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