2020 US Quarter Design and Release

[yellowsnow]

it include bat
https://www.coinnews.net/2019/12/24/...release-dates/

[LeadHead]

How appropriate.

Does anyone besides me think they have gone WAAAAAY overboard with the commemoratives? I'm sick of them. Remember when commemoratives hadn't been issued since the 1950s until the Bicentennial issues? I remember as a youngster, those Bicentennial coins were a big deal. Now commems are so common, hardly anyone pays any attention to them.

[t00nces2]

How appropriate.

Does anyone besides me think they have gone WAAAAAY overboard with the commemoratives? I'm sick of them. Remember when commemoratives hadn't been issued since the 1950s until the Bicentennial issues? I remember as a youngster, those Bicentennial coins were a big deal. Now commems are so common, hardly anyone pays any attention to them.

I believe there are two reasons... 1. If you can get people to pull the coins out from circulation and collect/save them, the mint actually makes money, and 2. I think we are being conditioned to accept the fact that the face of money can change and not to be alarmed by it. That way, when the Dollar is totally revamped into the AmeriChin dollar, the reaction will just be "Meh...."

[LeadHead]

I don't know if I'm overwhelmed or just plain bored by the seemingly endless parade of commemorative issues. Some of the recent mint decisions seem to be idiotic, or overtly politically correct. Why were the Presidential dollars base metal tokens, but the First Wives were brought forth in gold? Seems somewhat questionable to so honor a collection of women who by-and-large contributed little more to the history of the republic than warming the presidential bed.

I guess as long as people are willing to buy them, the mint will continue churning out the products.

[motocat]

Coins are somewhat of a joke where I live, of only nuisance value, few count them out anymore, see them just thrown in change jars, not important as currency anymore, just cheap tokens for collecting, no reason to even resemble the silver coins as once required to keep necessary belief.

Everyone is getting accustomed to digits, and at some point, maybe even the cash will be more of a trivial item to collect, with design changing to keep the collectors using, giving the treasury something to do while the private central banks control the real show.

[LeadHead]

Coins are somewhat of a joke where I live, of only nuisance value, few count them out anymore, see them just thrown in change jars, not important as currency anymore, just cheap tokens for collecting, no reason to even resemble the silver coins as once required to keep necessary belief.

Everyone is getting accustomed to digits, and at some point, maybe even the cash will be more of a trivial item to collect, with design changing to keep the collectors using, giving the treasury something to do while the private central banks control the real show.

Unfortunately, this is seeming like an inevitable trend. And the Corona Virus pandemic seems to be hastening it along. I have personally seen two separate businesses that refused to take cash as payment, due to the idea that it might be carrying germs. That coming on top of what we know about China's attempts to limit spread of the virus by replacing much of it's circulating currency with new bills.

Here's a thought for quizzing the younger generation: ask them if they know why the information on credit cards is embossed? Most will probably be amazed that it was because of the carbon copy transfers back in the day.

[ifionlyhadsomegold]

I refuse to buy anything with a bat on it...

[SilverPalm]

How appropriate.

Does anyone besides me think they have gone WAAAAAY overboard with the commemoratives? I'm sick of them. Remember when commemoratives hadn't been issued since the 1950s until the Bicentennial issues? I remember as a youngster, those Bicentennial coins were a big deal. Now commems are so common, hardly anyone pays any attention to them.

The way that things are going, pretty soon the eagle back quarters will be considered rare collectables.

[SilverPalm]

Unfortunately, this is seeming like an inevitable trend. And the Corona Virus pandemic seems to be hastening it along. I have personally seen two separate businesses that refused to take cash as payment, due to the idea that it might be carrying germs. That coming on top of what we know about China's attempts to limit spread of the virus by replacing much of it's circulating currency with new bills.

Here's a thought for quizzing the younger generation: ask them if they know why the information on credit cards is embossed? Most will probably be amazed that it was because of the carbon copy transfers back in the day.

Some current credit cards are no longer embossed.

[bronkster1967]

The U.S. Mint has absolutely made way too many commemorative issues. That's pretty much why I had stopped collecting them unless they're silver or gold AND I get them for spot or less. Something I find peculiar is that even with last years clad quarter designs where they released 10 million total of the "special W" mintmark designs (5 designs X 2 million each), and some guys were going to banks and buying rolls in order to cherry pick them out, as they were asking and getting between $10-$20 each, I still haven't gotten one (in change). This year, in order to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II, they're adding a special "V75" privy mark above "Liberty" on the obverse. I still haven't found any of those either, but I also haven't gotten caught up in the hype, either...