Received in change

[ausjack]

I am thinking, just thinking, about the idea of National parks quarters now.
[Coin collecting does show infectious disease type symptoms.]

sorry Jeff, it's trout, he's a bad influence and totally agree, very addictive

[robbiegal]

I never had an interest in the American quarter dollar until a good friend at work gave me the whole 'state' series as a gift
her husband captains an Australian navy ship and when they were off over in Hawaii and there about he had the guys and gals on the ship collecting the state series for him to put sets together for the family
it most certainly was a team effort!

the outcome was that I was given a set not only from circulation but from a great team of Australian naval personnel

and now I know about them!! that is why I recognised that coin today

[trout]

Nice one AJ :good:

[ausjack]

:scratch_one-s_head: I think it was you I sent a couple to wasn't it Jeff..I'm hopeless sorry.

Nice story, thanks Robbie..any chance of a pic

[trout]

I have had the odd quarter passed off as 10¢. In fact that is what got me started on my state quarters set when an Indiana quarter turned up masquerading as 10¢!

Now I have that nearly sorted (didn't take any notice of mintmarks early on but, got sucked in) I am thinking, just thinking, about the idea of National parks quarters now.
[Coin collecting does show infectious disease type symptoms.]

Jeff

Wait until you start on the Kennedy halves mate :diablo:

[ausjack]

ya seen these before trout :good:

[trout]

I have a few of these but not the whole set.

[Triggersmob]

My Daughter said, that on Twitter, there is a group that make up words, for things that there are not words for already.
They invented the word "bindle" for foreign coins that are dropped into our change.
Does anyone know if there was already a word for this before?

[robbiegal]

NZ 10c today

Jack - I will have to dig them up for a snap - not sure where I put the page!!

[robbiegal]

:scratch_one-s_head: I think it was you I sent a couple to wasn't it Jeff..I'm hopeless sorry.

Nice story, thanks Robbie..any chance of a pic

found them Jack
and to my embarrassment I can't remember the name of the naval ship that he captains and probably shouldn't say it here anyways,
but the story is true
I'll leave the pics big so that you can see the coins better - last 2 are 'closer' shots of that same page

[Goldseeker]

The US State Quarters are a beautiful set to collect.   My wife started collection these 25c pieces when we went on the Cherry Blossom Cruise on the Pacific princess.   The laundry required 25c coins and one had to go to the Purser's office and exchange notes for coin for the washing and drying machines.   It took time to collect and the very last one she needed, for the state of Nebraska, I found whilst noodling $1 coins from poker machines.

She still has the full set somewhere.

I am led to believe that there are, in fact two sets of these.   That is because two mints in the US minted these coins with there own mint mark.   I may have got this bit of info from the last Coin Forum that collapsed.

[Triggersmob]

You are correct, there is Denver and Philadephlia mints.
I have the full set of 50, mostly in UNC.

[Davidium]

I love the state series quarters, and have an uncirculated set, and a set sent from the US in the collectable folder.
I also recently purchased the hologram series of 50 quarters, in ten little black boxes, a really neat collection.
I am most of the way into the national park quarters also.
I wholeheartedly agree about the addictive qualities of it all.

I also have just gone through my pages of 2005 Remembrance 50cent and found 7 with cud, 6 under priest robe and 1 above soldier helmet. It's an excitement exercise isn't it.

[robbiegal]

wow!!
all the usa collectors are OUT tonight!!
great to see!

ps
how can you tell which mint they are from?

[Fulvio]

NZ 10c today

NZ Endeavour 50¢ in aUNC (minor obv scrape though) passing itself off as a dollar today..