Coin Collecting & Precious Metals Information

Collecting U.S. State Quarters

Since the release of the individual state quarters, coin collecting has become a more popular hobby.

The U.S. State Quarter program began in 1999 and each state was released in the order in which it joined the union. The U.S. Mint estimates that around 147 million people have been collecting the state quarters since their release.

The program is also credited for drawing in new collectors and increasing the general public’s interest in coin collecting overall. Due to its popularity, more coin programs are currently in the works for the next several years.

The process in which each design was selected took cooperation from congress, the U.S. Mint, and each individual state. Once the governor is contacted, the state provided three to five narrative descriptions…

January 18th, 2009 by CoinCollector 

Standing Liberty Quarter

1916 – 1930

The Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar was produced from 1916 to 1930, which was relatively short-lived for a Standing Liberty Quartercoin, especially one of such nice design. It is interesting to note that no quarter dollars were minted in 1922. The coins were struck in; Philadelphia (no mintmark), San Francisco (S), and Denver (D), with a total of over 226 million coins for all years and mintmarks combined.

In its first year the obverse of the Standing Liberty Quarter featured a bare breasted Lady Liberty. In 1917 designer Hermon A. MacNeil was pressured to change the design. Perhaps the designer was making a statement when he changed the design by adding a coat…

May 1st, 2008 by CoinCollector